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AMBERLEY 2016 HB 288pp Illus
Terry Breverton’s engrossing
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monarchs and their children, courtiers
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its origins to the death of Elizabeth I.
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Gill Fletcher-Watson An architect by profession, James
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a passionate believer in maintaining the pure English
watercolour tradition, who was widely-regarded as one of
the leading British landscape watercolourists of his time.
As well as his early paintings, this celebratory volume
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Lucinda Guy In this practical guide, Lucinda Guy
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Beguiling beauty, fierce
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NEW THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Uncovering Britain’s Wartime Heritage
Gabriel Moshenska The Second World War affected every aspect of life in Britain
and our towns and countryside are still dotted with its relics, from pillboxes and airraid shelters to airfields and
coastal defences. Illustrated
with 16 pages of colour plates,
this absorbing book describes
many of the ruins and relics
that can be visited today
and the artefacts that may
be found, and shows how
archaeologists can use them
to build up a clearer picture of
life in wartime Britain. PEN &
SWORD 2012 HB 160pp Illus
£19.99
21477
now £7.99
THE PRESENT PAST
An Introduction to Anthropology
for Archaeologists
NEW
Ian Hodder How can an archaeologist
know that a freshly unearthed artefact is
an axe? What is the meaning of the decoration on an object? What can archaeological data reveal about a society’s structure?
The Present Past demonstrates how insights from the anthropological study of
modern societies can help archaeologists
to interpret material evidence. First published in 1982, the book now features an
updated bibliography and a new introduction in which the author reflects on changing attitudes to the practice of ethnoarchaeology. PEN & SWORD 2012 PB 239pp Illus
£12.99 21499 now £5.99
UNEARTHED
Recent Archaeological Discoveries
from Northern China
Annette L Juliano In recent decades, archaeological excavations across northern
China have brought to light many items of
extraordinary beauty and significance. Several of these were seen in the West for the
first time in an exhibition at the Sterling
and Francine Clark Art Institute in
Williamstown, Massachusetts. This catalogue illustrates a range of these stone carvings, ceramic figures and wall paintings,
charts their discovery, and explains their
importance to our understanding of Chinese
cultures from the fifth to the 11th centuries
CE. YALE UP 2012 PB 190pp Illus 266x238mm
The remains of the control tower
at RAF Ludham in Norfolk
DARWIN’S APPRENTICE
An Archaeological
Biography of John Lubbock
Janet Owen Since his death in 1913, John
Lubbock has faded from public memory,
yet this remarkable man – a scientist,
banker, politician, social reformer, anthropologist and archaeologist – was one of
Darwin’s key supporters. This new biography by his great-granddaughter examines his career through his archaeological
collection, demonstrating how it shaped
both his work and personal life. Accessible and informative, it restores Lubbock
to his rightful place as a major figure in a
debate that reshaped the way humanity
thought of itself.
PEN & SWORD 2013 HB 192pp Illus
£19.99 21483 now £7.99
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Bill Manley; Aidan Dodson Life Everlasting provides comprehensive coverage
of 65 items from Scotland’s exceptional
but largely unknown national collection
of ancient Egyptian coffins and other
mummy-adornments. Among these items,
which range in date from the 19th century
BCE to the Late Roman period, are lifelike
portraits, masks and a unique double-coffin for two young boys. The book begins
with a short history of the collection, its
curators and historians, and ends with a
concordance, glossary and bibliography.
NATIONAL MUSEUMS 2010 HB 190pp Illus
£30.00 21308 now £9.99
NEW BEYOND THE
GATES OF FIRE
New Perspectives on
the Battle of Thermopylae
Ed. Christopher A Matthew; Matthew
Trundle The battle of Thermopylae (480
BCE), when a small Spartan band fought
to defend a mountain pass against the
might of the Persian army, has gained a
firm hold on popular culture, especially
since its depiction in Frank Miller’s film
300. This collection of essays presents recent research into events leading up to
Thermopylae, analysis of ancient historians’ accounts of the battle itself, geological
investigations into the topography of the
pass, and details of later conflicts at the
site. PEN & SWORD 2013 HB 240pp
£35.00 21163 now £9.99
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. Cities of the Biblical World series. LUTTERWORTH 1986 PB 128pp Illus
LIFE EVERLASTING
National Museums Scotland
Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins
£19.99 21478 now £7.99
A BRIEF HISTORY OF STONEHENGE
A Complete History and Archaeology of the
World’s Most Enigmatic Stone Circle
Aubrey Burl Britain’s leading expert on stone circles here offers a comprehensive
introduction to our most enigmatic ancient site. He explains how the stones were
transported and their relationship with the surrounding burial sites; he carefully
examines the possible astronomical meanings of the stones’ alignment; and also
debunks many myths and inaccurate mystical notions. Each successive generation
has developed its own reading of the stones; Burl offers the most up-to-date
assessment. ROBINSON 2007 PB 384pp Illus
£9.99 44584 now £3.99
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NEW THE WAR OF
THE THREE GODS
Romans, Persians
and the Rise of Islam
Peter Crawford describes the eventful military history of the Near East during the
seventh century CE, a pivotal period when
the Eastern Roman Empire based in Constantinople was brought to the brink of extinction by Sassanid Persia, before Islam’s
adherents made spectacular advances and
transformed the region. Using maps, plans
and diagrams, Crawford analyses the strategies and tactics of these very different
armies in the epic battles and sieges which
‘brought about the end of the Ancient
World’. PEN & SWORD 2013 HB 270pp Illus
£25.00 21508 now £9.99
ANCIENT/MEDIEVAL HISTORY
THE GULF OF NAPLES
Archaeology and History
of an Ancient Land
Umberto Pappalardo Campania,
the Italian region of which Naples
is the capital, has a long history
stretching back to its colonization
by the ancient Greeks, and despite
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions,
remains one of the most populous
areas of Europe. Lavishly
illustrated with colour photographs,
this volume explores the region’s
astonishing heritage of Greek and
Roman monuments, including the
wonders of Pompeii, Herculaneum,
The Temple of Ceres (actually dedicated
Paestum, Sorrento and Capri, while
to Athena) in the ancient city of Paestum
special features focus on its role in
literature, archaeology and volcanology. ARSENALE 2006 HB 199pp Illus 285x240mm
£25.00 19995 now £11.99
WALK INTO
THE DARK AGES
Discover the Greatest
Early Medieval Sites
of Britain and Ireland
THE BOOK AND THE
TRANSFORMATION OF
BRITAIN, c.550-1050
A Study in Written and
Visual Literacy and Orality
Michelle P Brown What was the significance of the book as both an instrument
of social change and preserver of tradition
in Britain between late Roman antiquity
and the time of the Norman Conquest?
What does ‘literacy’ mean in this period?
Brown examines contemporary books,
runic inscriptions and legal documents
to analyse social perceptions of relationships between words and images, the generation and reception of books within
‘communities of reading’ and the establishment of great Anglo-Saxon libraries.
BRITISH LIBRARY 2011 HB 184pp Illus
£45.00 19811 now £16.99
Bill Bevan The centuries between
the departure of the Romans and
the Norman Conquest in 1066 –
the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ –
represent one of the most exciting
periods of British history. In 35
walks, this book explores some
of Britain and Ireland’s most
important and impressive Dark
Age sites and monuments, from the Iron Age Broch of Mousa
on Shetland to the Norman motte and bailey at Painscastle,
Powys. With a route map and details of distance and difficulty
for each walk. FRANCES LINCOLN 2014 HB 208pp Illus 304x250mm
£30.00 20527 now £11.99
POLITICAL CULTURE IN
LATER MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
Simon Walker This volume of essays
examines the operation of political society
at different levels, analysing the mechanisms
of power and the content and reception of
political languages in particular circumstances.
Among the topics discussed are lordships and
lawlessness in Lancaster 1370-1400; Yorkshire
justices of the peace, 1389-1413; Richard II’s
views on kingship; and the Yorkshire risings
of 1405. Edited by Michael Braddick after
the author’s death in 2004 and with an
introduction by GL Harriss.
MANCHESTER UP 2006 HB 286pp
£55.00 20760 now £19.99
LAND OF LOST GODS
The Search for Classical Greece
Richard Stoneman Long before the era of modern
tourism and archaeology, a few intrepid adventurers
visited Greece and Turkey in search of ancient remains.
These antiquaries, collectors and dilettanti are the subject
of Stoneman’s history of the gradual rediscovery of the
classical past, from Cyriac of Ancona in the 1420s to
Schliemann’s controversial excavations in the late
19th century. First published in 1987, the book now
features a new preface and additional bibliography.
Slightly off-mint. TAURIS PARKE 2010 PB 374pp Illus
£11.99 21358 now £6.99
The view from
the Iron Age
broch at Mousa in
Shetland, built
around 100 BCE
THE EXPANSION
OF EUROPE 1250-1500
Michael North This study offers
fresh perspectives on later medieval Europe, beginning with a
systematic survey of the processes of expansion, consolidation
and cultural exchange in different countries and regions across
the continent, from the British Isles and the Iberian peninsula to
Russia and Scandinavia. The author then analyses developmental
tendencies in state and constitution, economy, society, culture and
religion. In the final section, he reviews current debates and
research problems, with a focus on economics and culture. No
jacket. MANCHESTER UP 2007 HB 576pp Illus
£80.00 20687 now £19.99
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MEDIEVAL HISTORY
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
THE MIDDLE AGES (Two volumes)
Ed. André 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. Off-mint.
JAMES CLARKE 2000 HB 1624pp Illus 275x125mm
20905 now £60.00
THE LADY QUEEN
The Notorious Reign of
Joanna I, Queen of Naples,
Jerusalem and Sicily
Nancy Goldstone Accused by her in-laws
of murdering her husband, Joanna, Queen
of Naples, stood trial in Avignon in 1348.
She was 22 years old, yet spoke (in Latin)
in her own defence. In this compelling
account of how, despite her youth and sex,
Joanna triumphed over her enemies, raised
an army and took back her realm, Nancy
Goldstone paints a richly detailed portrait
of a medieval queen notorious throughout
history for a crime she did not commit.
WALKER 2009 HB 383pp Illus
$27.00 97106 now £7.99
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
NEW
DISUNITED KINGDOMS
Peoples and Politics in the
British Isles 1280-1460
Michael Brown In the last decades of the
13th century the British Isles appeared to
be on the point of unified rule, dominated
by the lordship, law and language of the
English. However, by 1400 Britain and
Ireland were divided between the warring
kings of England and Scotland, and peoples were still starkly defined by race and
nation. This study addresses the question
of why the apparent trend towards a common Anglicised world stopped so abruptly
after 1300. PEARSON 2013 PB 341pp
£29.99 21521 now £14.99
NEW
THE MEDIEVAL
MILITARY ORDERS 1120-1314
Nicholas Morton This volume from the
Seminar Studies series introduces the history of the Templars, Knights Hospitaller,
the Teutonic Knights and less well-known
orders such as the leprous knights of St
Lazarus. It sets the history of these institutions against a background of social
change, conquest and holy wars fought in
Spain, the Baltic and the Holy Land, and
also provides a comprehensive documents
section, notes on sources, a glossary and
maps. PEARSON 2013 PB 202pp Illus
£23.99 21536 now £11.99
NEW
THE YORK
MYSTERY PLAYS
Performance in the City
Ed. Margaret Rogerson The essays in
this volume present research into York’s
medieval mystery plays as ‘a cultural, devotional and theatrical phenomenon’. The
contributors offer new insights on topics
such as the importance of families to the
dramatic narrative, manuscript links to
Richard III and the value of cognitive theory in the discussion of performance past
and present. These scholarly investigations are complemented by reflections on
the practical experience derived from local
people’s modern revivals of the plays in
the streets of the city.
YORK MEDIEVAL 2011 HB 266pp Illus
£60.00 21287 now £25.00
ENGLAND, ARISE
The People, The King and
the Great Revolt of 1381
Juliet Barker In 1381, England erupted in a
violent popular uprising as unexpected as it
was unprecedented. Juliet Barker’s narrative
history depicts a volatile society on the brink
of profound change. Treating contemporary
chronicles with scepticism, she draws on
court proceedings and letters to give voice
to the ordinary people from many walks
of life who took part in the so-called
Peasants’ Revolt, illuminating their motives
and demands, examining the ambiguous role
of Richard II, and charting its long-term
effects. LITTLE, BROWN 2014 HB 530pp Illus
£25.00 20402 now £9.99
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KING JOHN
England, Magna Carta
and the Making of a Tyrant
Stephen Church On the death of
Richard I in 1199, his brother John took
possession of the vast Angevin lands in
England and France. By the time of his
own death in 1215, King John had lost
control of the continental lordships, England was facing invasion, and his English
subjects had confronted him with the
Magna Carta. Church’s study of John
approaches the king as a man ill-suited
to his position of power, who came to
be seen by his contemporaries as a tyrant.
£25.00 21196 now £8.99
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MODERN HISTORY
NEW BRINGERS OF WAR
The Portuguese in Africa during
the Age of Gunpowder and Sail
John Laband Long before steamships and
machine-tooled artillery, the Portuguese
established an empire in Africa, capturing
trading towns, seizing slaves and plundering
mineral riches. This impeccably researched
history describes how, between the 15th and
the late 18th century, they fought their ancient
Muslim foes, overthrew African kingdoms
and resisted Dutch, Omani and Ottoman rivals
in a quest for wealth and power as ruthless as
the Spanish conquests in the Americas.
FRONTLINE 2013 HB 288pp Illus
£25.00 21479 now £11.99
ATLAS OF EARLY
MODERN BRITAIN 1485-1715
NEW
Christopher Daniell This unique atlas
charts the development of Britain from the
end of the Wars of the Roses to the accession of George I. Through 117 maps, accompanied by clear commentary and analysis, it charts the main wars, rebellions
and political and religious changes. Key
events such as the Dissolution of the
Monasteries, the Armada, the Civil War
and the struggle for control of Ireland are
all mapped, creating a vital reference for
the crucial period when modern Britain
took shape. ROUTLEDGE 2014 PB 157pp Illus
£24.99 21569 now £12.99
SISTER QUEENS
The Noble, Tragic Lives
of Katherine of Aragon
and Juana, Queen of Castile
Julia Fox The daughters of Spain’s Ferdinand and Isabella were women of character and conviction, but Katherine is
mostly remembered for her abandonment
in favour of Henry VIII’s seductive mistress, while Juana is portrayed as ‘the
Mad’, a queen who kept her husband’s
coffin beside her for years. Described by
The Spectator as a ‘vivid and sympathetic
book’, Sister Queens examines how their
dreams of love and power quickly dissolved in the face of duplicity and betrayal. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed
edge. BALLANTINE 2011 HB 474pp
NEW
1659: THE CRISIS OF
THE COMMONWEALTH
Ruth E Mayers The remnant of the Long
Parliament, reassembled by invitation of
the Army after the effective collapse of
Richard Cromwell’s Protectorate, saw a
reinstated Commonwealth and an optimism among republicans that is often
overlooked. Dr Mayers’s study focuses on
the hopes and strength of the republicans
in 1659, exploring Parliament’s relations
with the Army, the City of London, the
provinces and Scotland; and discussing
the political identity and iconography of
republican print. BOYDELL 2004 HB 318pp
£50.00 21288 now £19.99
$30.00 11772 now £7.99
THE BLACK CARIB WARS
Freedom, Survival and
the Making of the Garifuna
Christopher Taylor The Garifuna, who
live along the Caribbean coast of Central
America from Belize to Nicaragua, trace
their origin to the union of Carib Indians
and escaped slaves on the island of St Vincent. The product of extensive research in
the region, this book charts their remarkable history of struggle against French and
British colonists, celebrating their resilience and the survival of a culture and a
language that pre-date the arrival of
Columbus. SIGNAL 2012 PB 253pp Illus
£12.99 19072 now £4.99
NEW
CONQUEST
AND LAND IN IRELAND
The Transplantation to
Connacht, 1649-1680
John Cunningham One of the most notorious elements of the Irish land settlement of the mid-17th century was the
scheme of transplantation to Connacht,
which aimed to expel the Catholic population from three of the country’s four
provinces and replace them with Protestant settlers from England and elsewhere.
This study situates the origins of the transplantation in the Cromwellian conquest,
reconstructs its implementation during the
1650s, and explores its far-reaching consequences. ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2011 HB 192pp
£50.00 21214 now £14.99
WAR AND POLITICS IN
THE ELIZABETHAN COUNTIES
Neil Younger Drawing on hitherto neglected
source material, Younger assesses the English
national war effort during the conflict with Spain
(1585-1603), examining the wartime government
in a wide range of contexts, and the central and
local machinery in practice, using case studies
from across the country. The book challenges
many existing assumptions about the weaknesses
of the state in the face of military change, finding
a political system in much better health than
previously thought. MANCHESTER UP 2012 HB 282pp
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
£60.00 20802 now £12.99
$26.95 17104 now £7.99
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MODERN HISTORY
NEW PERILOUS QUESTION
Reform or Revolution?
Britain on the Brink, 1832
Antonia Fraser The bestselling historical
biographer Antonia Fraser turns her attention to
the personalities caught up in the tempestuous
period between July 1830 and the passing of
the Great Reform Bill in June 1832. Against a
backdrop of bad harvests, hunger and Swing riots,
the book explores the struggle for and against
reform by the reforming Whig aristocrats led by
Lord Grey, the conservative opposition headed
by the Duke of Wellington, and radicals such as
William Cobbett, Francis Place and Thomas
Attwood. PUBLIC AFFAIRS 2013 HB 336pp Illus
$29.99 22674 now £6.99
THE KILLING TIME
Fanaticism, Liberty
and the Birth of Britain
NEW
David S Ross During the years between
the 1638 revolution when Scotland signed
the National Covenant and the 1707 Treaty
of Union with England, the country witnessed warfare, civil strife, assassinations,
judicial torture and terror, and sudden
changes of regime. Dealing with key issues
and events, and taking a partly biographical approach that focuses on the personal
lives of some of the movers and shakers,
David Ross brings alive the ‘killing time’
that saw the foundation of modern Scotland-in-Britain. LUATH 2010 HB 384pp Illus
£16.99 21845 now £6.99
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
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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
£14.99 21457 now £5.99
1813: EMPIRE AT BAY
The Sixth Coalition and
the Downfall of Napoleon
Jonathon Riley 1813 was a crucial year
in the world war that ended with the
downfall of Napoleon: in a series of major
battles the converging armies of the Sixth
Coalition drove the French forces back.
Jonathan Riley’s military history of this
turning point covers the campaigns in central Europe and Spain, looking in particular at the operation of the Sixth Coalition
– Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United
Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and
the smaller German states.
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
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
£10.99 20565 now £4.99
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.
PRAETORIAN 2013 HB 234pp Illus
MANCHESTER UP 2009 HB 310pp Illus
£25.00 21475 now £9.99
£60.00 20695 now £12.99
NEW VICTORIAN
BRITAIN
Brenda Williams The
Pitkin History of Britain
series successfully
combines accessible,
informative text with
interesting images, and
this title is no exception.
It surveys every aspect
of Victorian life, from the
growth of the Empire and
the Industrial Revolution,
to the everyday lives of
people at all levels of
society and the flourishing of the arts and sciences, all richly
illustrated with reproductions of contemporary paintings and
engravings and photographs. PITKIN 2005 PB 96pp Illus 255x205mm
£10.00 22046 now £4.99
A rather idealized
depiction of a
domestic sevants’
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20th CENTURY/CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
NEW
MARTIN LUTHER KING
AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
John A Kirk The career of Martin Luther King
is well documented, but few histories have
placed it in the wider context of black activism.
Delivering a fresh perspective on the man
and the movement, this study argues that the
interaction between local and national concerns
is key to understanding his leadership. It
provides a critical analysis of King’s strengths
and weaknesses, examines the contributions
of other leading figures, and demonstrates the
crucial role of grassroots activists in the struggle
for civil rights. PEARSON 2013 PB 200pp Illus
£21.99 21534 now £11.99
THE SCOURGE
OF THE SWASTIKA
A Short History of Nazi War Crimes
HANNS AND RUDOLF
The True Story of the German Jew
Who Tracked Down and Caught the
Kommandant of Auschwitz
NEW
Lord Russell of Liverpool Since this
powerful exposé of Nazi war crimes was
originally published in 1954 it has been
given new context by atrocities in more
recent conflicts and dictatorships. Drawing on documentary evidence submitted
to the Nuremberg Trials, leading lawyer
of the day, Lord Russell of Liverpool sets
out the evidence of crimes against humanity in every part of the German regime
and examines Hitler’s instruments of
tyranny – the SS, Gestapo and Army.
Thomas Harding In May 1945, Hanns
Alexander, a German Jew serving in the
British Army, was assigned to the investigation team charged with tracking down
Nazi war criminals. His most elusive target
was Rudolf Hoss, the Kommandant of
Auschwitz who oversaw the murder of
more than a million men, women and children. With quiet understatement and compelling power, Harding’s narrative tracks
the movements of the two men through
war-ravaged Germany until their fateful
meeting in a remote farmhouse.
FRONTLINE 2013 PB 271pp Illus
£12.99 21502 now £5.99
THE SUMMIT
The Biggest Battle of
the Second World War
Ed Conway In July 1944, as Allied troops
fought their way across France, representatives of 44 nations gathered at a New
Hampshire hotel to thrash out a global
economic system that would prevent another war. Drawing on unpublished letters,
diaries and oral testimonies, this absorbing
history brings to life the drama and the
personalities of the conference that resulted in the Bretton Woods agreement,
the demise of which is arguably the source
of our present economic woes.
LITTLE, BROWN 2014 PB 480pp Illus
BRITAIN’S COLD WAR
The Dangerous Decades
Bob Clarke Although now consigned
to history, the Cold War remains a vivid
memory for many, and the events of
the period between the 1940s and 1991
are still echoed in conflicts around the
world today. Using nearly 150 photographs and reproductions, each accompanied by a detailed caption, this
book depicts both the high-level political and military stand-off and what the
Cold War meant for ordinary men and
women during the ‘delicate balance of
terror’ years.
AMBERLEY 2014 PB 128pp Illus
£12.99 20957 now £5.99
£14.99 19769 now £4.99
EMPIRE OF SAND
How Britain Made the Middle East
Walter Reid ‘In 1914 Britain entered the
First World War declaring that she had no
territorial ambitions. How then did she
emerge with so many possessions? Did
she act in bad faith? Did she deceive her
allies? That,’ writes Walter Reid, ‘is what
this book is about.’ Looking at how the
former Ottoman empire was carved up
amid confusion and wartime expediency,
Reid explores the motives and intentions
behind the acquisition of mandates and
focuses on the privileged individuals who
became the decision makers of British
policy. BIRLINN 2013 PB 496pp Illus
£12.99 19120 now £4.99
SIMON & SCHUSTER 2013 HB 368pp Illus
$26.00 21390 now £7.99
Philip Spencer In 1948, three years after
the Holocaust, the United Nations passed
the Genocide Convention, obliging the international community to prevent or halt
and punish what had been ‘a crime without
a name’. Since then, however, genocide has
recurred repeatedly; tracing its history since
1945, this study analyses a number of cases
and discusses key issues, including how
genocide is defined, the different roles of
perpetrators, bystanders, victims and rescuers, and the question of ‘humanitarian
intervention’. ROUTLEDGE 2012 PB 176pp
NEW
GENOCIDE SINCE 1945
£24.99 21524 now £11.99
RED HEAT
Conspiracy, Murder and the
Cold War in the Caribbean
Alex von Tunzelmann Throughout the
Cold War, the Soviet Union and the
USA saw the leaders of Haiti, Cuba and
the Dominican Republic as pawns in
their global chess game. This authoritative history tells what happened when
these pawns took on a life of their own.
Combining meticulous research with
the pace of a thriller, it tells of gunboat
diplomacy, military coups and revolutionary fervour, as the world teetered
on the brink of nuclear war.
NEW
ISLAMIC
FUNDAMENTALISM SINCE 1945
Beverley Milton-Edwards Islamic fundamentalism has grabbed the headlines as
both a threat to the West and a potentially
revolutionary trend in the Middle East. This
authoritative study provides a much-needed
overview of its origins and diverse strands,
the effects of colonialism on Islam, secularism and the Islamic reaction, the effects
of globalization, and political violence in
the 9/11 era. This fully revised and updated
edition also examines recent developments
in the wake of the Arab Spring of 2011.
SIMON & SCHUSTER 2012 PB 527pp Illus
£9.99 20248 now £4.99
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£23.99 21531 now £9.99
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GENERAL HISTORY
NEW PHOTOGRAPHS FROM
IMPERIAL ST PETERSBURG
Yury Shelaev; Elizaveta Shelaev
St Petersburg at the beginning of the
20th century was both an elegant imperial
capital and a bustling modern metropolis.
A heart-stopping evocation of a vanished
world, this collection of 120 photographs
from Russian state archives depicts the
pre-revolutionary city in all its splendour
and diversity: the palaces and churches,
the streets thronged with motor cars and
the river with barges, the artists’ studios
and athletic clubs, the banquets and the
soup kitchens.
UNICORN 2013 PB 152pp Illus 274x233mm
£20.00 21775 now £7.99
EMPIRE’S CROSSROADS
A History of the Caribbean from
Columbus to the Present Day
Carrie Gibson In this compelling history
Carrie Gibson unfolds the complex story
of the Caribbean from Columbus’ first
landing on the island he named San Salvador to today’s islands – largely independent, but often still in thrall to Europe
and America’s insatiable desire for tropical luxuries. For Gibson, the heart of that
story is ‘the genius of adaptation’ – to diaspora, disease, slavery, racism, earthquake, poverty and tourism – that enabled
the West Indies to survive a clash of
worlds. MACMILLAN 2014 HB 476pp Illus
£25.00 21198 now £9.99
WORLD HISTORY
Journeys from Past to Present
NEW
Candice Goucher; Linda Walton This
undergraduate textbook combines a chronological approach with thematic and regional
perspectives to emphasize both the diversity
and the commonality of human experience.
Its 24 chapters focus on themes ranging
from human origins and the emergence of
cities to contemporary issues such as globalization, with topics and sources selected
to provide balanced coverage of the peoples
and places of the world. Each chapter ends
with lists of suggested reading and study
questions. Expanded second edition.
ROUTLEDGE 2013 PB 764pp Illus 242x186mm
£49.99 21549 now £25.00
GREAT EMPIRES
An Illustrated Atlas
Stephen G Hyslop; Patricia Daniels What
was it like to live when the pyramids were
being built? Or when Charlemagne was
crowned Holy Roman Emperor? Or under
the Qing Dynasty? This atlas brings to life
the epic stories of empires from the Akkadians in 2600 BCE to the Romanov,
Ottoman and British empires in the 20th
century. It combines maps, reconstruction
drawings and photographs of sites and
artifacts to illustrate the traditions, innovations, art and culture of 30 great imperial
powers. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 2013 PB
16848 now £9.99
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Grandmaster Mikhail Chigorin, left, playing in
the St Petersburg Chess Assembly, early 1900s
RED FORTRESS
History and Illusion in the Kremlin
Catherine Merridale For centuries, the
Kremlin has been the seat of Russian autocracy, its vast red walls built to cow invaders and subjects alike. This brilliantly
original account demonstrates how this fortified complex embodies the nation’s turbulent history, explains its religious and
governmental functions, and charts the architectural changes made by successive
rulers. Sidelined when Peter the Great
made St Petersburg the capital, the red
citadel re-assumed its dominance with the
Bolsheviks – a role that continues today
under the steely grip of Vladimir Putin.
NEW
IRISH CIVILIZATION
An Introduction
Arthur Aughey; John Oakland This
guide to key debates in Irish Studies tells
the story of the island from prehistory
until 1921 and the subsequent separate
development of Ireland and Northern
Ireland with their substantial differences.
The material is arranged in 12 chapters
focusing on aspects including physical
geography, religion, international relations
and economic systems. Each chapter ends
with prompts for further reading and a
selection of essay questions to encourage
students to formulate their own response
to the material presented.
METROPOLITAN 2013 HB 527pp Illus
ROUTLEDGE 2013 PB 384pp Illus
$35.00 22009 now £7.99
£24.99 21530 now £11.99
NEW IRELAND
History of a Nation
David Ross For much of the past millennium,
Ireland was not an independent state, making it
hard to separate Irish history from the history of
the English in Ireland. This original and highly
readable history redresses the balance by focusing
on the one constant element, the Irish people,
charting their development from prehistory to
the present. ‘Fact windows’ in the text illuminate
many fascinating aspects of Irish history, and a
chronology gives a concise overview of political,
cultural and religious trends.
WAVERLEY
2014 PB 415pp Illus
£7.99 21557
now £3.99
NEW WALES
History of a Nation
David Ross This is the new edition of David
Ross’s popular history of Wales, from the earliest
settlement, through the Celts, the Normans, the
ascendancy of the Tudors and industrialization
to the beginning of the 21st century. Within the
illustrated narrative, ‘fact windows’ illuminate
topics such the Mabinogi, the bandits of
Mawddwy, and the lives of prominent figures.
Finally, there is a chronology of events from
43 CE to 2014. WAVERLEY 2014 PB 317pp Illus
£7.99 21559 now £3.99
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GENERAL HISTORY
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
IN BITE-SIZED CHUNKS
Emma Marriott From the ancient civilization of
Sumer some 5,000 years ago, to the end of the
Second World War, the history of the world has been
distilled into simple, accessible chunks in this concise
and authoritative book. Each of its six chapters –
from First Empires and Civilizations 3,500 BCE-800
CE, to A New World Order 1900-1945 – is split into
sections covering developments in the Middle East
and Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Far East and
Oceania. MICHAEL O’MARA 2012 HB 192pp
£9.99 16892 now £3.99
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THE CAMBRIDGE
HISTORY OF LIBRARIES
IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND
(Three volumes)
NEW
Gen. Ed. Peter Hoare Charting the various trends and developments in the history
of libraries, from medieval book collections to our present ‘information age’, this
three-volume work comprises over 100
essays on different types of libraries, some
important individual libraries, including
the British Library, and topics such as
buildings and fittings, public libraries,
classification and index systems, and education for librarianship.
CAMBRIDGE UP 2006 HB 2,059pp
£400.00 21633 now £100.00
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GREAT TALES FROM
BRITISH HISTORY
Robert Gambles Colourful tales abound
in British history: Drake playing bowls
on Plymouth Hoe as the Armada approached, Alfred the Great burning the
cakes, the apple falling on Newton’s head
and triggering his epiphany about gravity.
This amusing collection of historical investigations examines the evidence for
such legendary events and assesses why
the stories arose and how they survived
to become part of our national heritage.
£9.99 18247 now £3.99
150 YEARS OF BRITAIN
IN PICTURES
Ed. Ian Penberthy Drawn from the Press
Association’s photographic archive of
over 15 million images dating back to the
early days of photography, this fascinating
collection presents over 600 pages of
photographs that give the British perspective on national and international events
between 1860 and 2010. Among these
remarkable pictures are portraits of politicians and great sporting personalities and
coverage of war, from the soldiers who
made the heroic last stand at Rorke’s Drift
in 1879 to Prince Harry in Afghanistan in
2008.
BRITISH WEST INDIES
The Postcard Collection
Nigel Sadler; Sonja Arias The islands
that once comprised the British West Indies stretch from the Bahamas to Trinidad
and embrace a wide range of histories and
cultures. Illustrated with more than 100
evocative postcards from the early 20th
century, this book explores the West Indies’ role in the Empire as producers of
sugar, coffee and tobacco; and it remembers the many West Indian men who
fought for Britain in two world wars.
£14.99 19778 now £4.99
NEW
INTERPRETERS OF
EARLY MEDIEVAL BRITAIN
Ed. Michael Lapidge This volume comprises 28 biographies of outstanding scholars, mostly in the form of obituaries originally written for the British Academy’s
Proceedings. During the 19th and 20th
centuries these men and women made formative contributions to the study of the
early medieval British Isles, with areas of
expertise ranging across languages and literature, history, archaeology, art history
and palaeography. Lapidge’s introductory
essay identifies the connections between
these lives and sets them within the context
of their evolving disciplines.
BRITISH ACADEMY 2002 HB 575pp Illus
£55.00 21599 now £9.99
AMMONITE 2010 HB 608pp Illus 245x245mm
THE ORDERS OF
KNIGHTHOOD
and the Formation of the British
Honours System, 1660-1760
Antti Matikkala Dr Matikkala’s comprehensive study is the first to set the British
orders of knighthood properly into the context of the honours system by analysing
their political, social and cultural functions
from the Restoration to the end of George
II’s reign. It deals with the history and
roles of the Order of the Garter; the proposed Orders of the Royal Oak and the
Esquires of the Martyred King at the
Restoration; and the Orders of the Thistle
and the Bath. BOYDELL 2008 HB 486pp Illus
£90.00 92984 now £40.00
£30.00 18231 now £9.99
THE VENETIANS
A New History From Marco Polo to Casanova
Paul Strathern The Republic of Venice was the
first great economic, cultural and naval power of
the Western world, building a trading empire that
extended to China, Syria and West Africa. Here,
Paul Strathern charts its rise and fall through the
lives of some of the most colourful personalities
in European history: Marco Polo, Galileo, Titian,
Vivaldi, Casanova. Often at odds with the
republic’s mysterious rulers, these men embody
the dynamism that powered this brilliant city state
until its eventual surrender to Napoleon.
PEGASUS 2013 HB 368pp Illus
$27.95 21105 now £7.99
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SOCIAL HISTORY
Tom H Mackenzie was one of the last children
to be taken into the Foundling Hospital at its
Berkhamsted site. Here, he tells the story of his
mother, a desperate young woman who had no
choice but to give up her illegitimate baby son;
and the story of his own life, from a childhood
spent in the harsh discipline of the institution,
up to 1959 when, aged 20, he met his mother
for the first time. PAN 2014 PB 312pp Illus
NEW
THE LAST FOUNDLING
£7.99 21202 now £3.99
NEW THE REPUBLIC
OF PIRATES
Being the True and Surprising Story
of the Caribbean Pirates and the
Man Who Brought Them Down
TAKE A COLD TUB, SIR!
The Story of the Boy’s Own Paper
NEW
Jack Cox The Boy’s Own Paper was first
issued in January 1879, a reputable, informative and entertaining publication to
counteract the lurid ‘penny dreadfuls’ of
the day. Publication continued until 1966,
and its last editor is the author of this history. In a narrative full of illustrations
from almost 100 years of issues, he traces
its evolution from the bracing advice-giver
of the Victorian era to the promotor of
practical and technical know-how in its
final decades. Bears old cover price.
LUTTERWORTH 1982 HB
£8.95 20944 now £7.99
TALES FROM THE
TERRIFIC REGISTER
The Book of London
Ed. Cate Ludlow Fast-paced, astonishingly gory and always featuring as many
corpses as possible, the Terrific Register
was a publishing sensation. Charles Dickens was never without a copy and recalled
how it ‘frightened my very wits out of
my head, for the small charge of a penny
weekly’. This selection, reprinted with the
original woodcuts, includes reports of executions – notably that of Lord Balmerino
in 1746 – suicides, murders, the plague
in London and the Great Fire, and fatal
falls from the Monument.
HISTORY PRESS 2009 HB 144pp 196x125mm
£9.99 83755 now £3.99
Ruth Goodman The historian and presenter of BBC2’s Victorian Farm, Ruth
Goodman offers an unusual history of Victorian everyday life. From the noise of a
‘knocker-upper’ first thing in the morning
to the end of the day behind the bedroom
door, she draws on diaries and letters,
newspapers, adverts and advice manuals
to illuminate topics such as health, personal grooming, food, work and school
in the lives of ordinary people and reveal
the intimate and physical aspects of 19thcentury living. VIKING 2013 HB 464pp Illus
HOW TO BE A VICTORIAN
£20.00 19297 now £7.99
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Colin Woodard The ‘golden age of
pirates’, as identified by Colin Woodward
in this history, was a brief period from 1715
during which a group of pirate captains established a crude democracy in the failed
British colony of the Bahamas. This book
tells the story through the notorious figures
of Blackbeard, Black Sam Bellamy and
Charles Vane, and their nemesis, former
privateer Woodes Rogers. PAN 2007 PB 400pp
£8.99 21206 now £4.99
NEW
THE SOCIAL WORLD
OF EARLY MODERN
WESTMINSTER
Abbey, Court and Community,
1525-1640
JF Merritt This study provides an integrated picture of Westminster during a
crucial period in its history; it reveals the
often problematic relations between the
diverse groups of people who constituted
local society – the Court, the aristocracy,
the Abbey, the middling sort and the poor
– and the competing visions of Westminster’s identity which their presence engendered. Among the topics discussed are
the impact of the Reformation, the building of Whitehall Palace and the problem
of poverty and communal responsibility.
LICENSED TO SELL
The History and Heritage
of the Public House
Geoff Brandwood; Andrew Davison;
Michael Slaughter One of the intentions
of the Beerhouse Act of 1830 was to discourage the consumption of more powerful liquor, gin in particular, but the relaxing of the laws governing the selling of
beer marks a turning point in the development of the public house from the inns
and alehouses of earlier times. This
colourful illustrated history describes the
changing concerns in the design, construction, layout and decoration of the buildings as well as changing tastes in beer
and pub entertainment.
ENGLISH HERITAGE 2011 PB 212pp Illus
£17.99 17685 now £6.99
£55.00 20787 now £14.99
ASPECTS OF LOCAL HISTORY SERIES
In this series, local historians draw on the
memories of ex-miners or fishermen and
use archive photographs to give illustrated
accounts of regions where an industry has in
the past supported and shaped the way of life
of a community, and where its legacy endures, if
only in the relics of colliery headgear or a pottery’s
bottle ovens. COUNTRYSIDE 2009-11 PB 128-144pp Illus
MEMORIES OF THE
CORNISH FISHING INDUSTRY
Sheila Bird
19661
MEMORIES OF THE
STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES
Mervyn Edwards
19663
MEMORIES OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE
COALFIELDS
David Bell
19662
David Bell
MEMORIES OF THE WARWICKSHIRE COALFIELDS
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SOCIAL HISTORY/CRIME
CRIME & PUNISHMENT
MURDER ON THE HOME FRONT
A True Story of Morgues, Murderers
and Mysteries During the London Blitz
Molly Lefebure Giving up her job as a junior
reporter in favour of becoming secretary to
pathologist Keith Simpson, Molly Lefebure spent
the war years attending autopsies and crime scenes
and consorting with policemen and criminal lawyers.
Against the backdrop of the London Blitz, this
memoir, dramatized in the recent ITV drama of the
same title, recounts the stories of dozens of mysteries
and crimes unravelled by the work of forensic
pathology. GRAND CENTRAL 2014 PB 287pp Illus
NEW
$14.00 22673 now £3.99
SOMERSET
A Chilling History of Crime and Punishment
DECADENT LONDON
Fin de Siècle City
Antony Clayton The last decade of the
19th century was a time of extraordinary
artistic ferment in London. Against the
moral and social conformity of the capital of a great empire, artists, writers and
poets struck out in new and outrageous
directions. Illustrated with period photographs and engravings, this richly entertaining book explores the scandalous
lives and subversive works of these
‘decadents’, including Aubrey Beardsley,
Ernest Dowson, Frank Harris and – most
famous and reviled of all – Oscar Wilde.
HISTORICAL 2005 HB 200pp Illus
£18.95 20418 now £7.99
Roger Evans In medieval Somerset, common misdemeanours were dealt with by
ducking stools, stocks and even execution. In later centuries, smuggling and
highway robbery kept law enforcers busy, the worst offences being punished by
hanging or transportation. This survey of the county’s crime and punishments ranges
from medieval public humiliations to the history of the Shepton Mallet ‘house of
correction’, now a prison for category ‘C’ lifers. COUNTRYSIDE 2009 PB 96pp Illus
£8.99 19668 now £3.99
Lucy Worsley When did the British start taking such a ghoulish pleasure in violent
death; and what does this tell us about ourselves? In an investigation of our national
fascination with murder, Lucy Worsley explores the phenomenon in forensic detail,
revisiting notorious crimes such as the Ratcliffe Highway Murders, which caused a
nationwide panic in Regency England, and characters such as the murderess in black
satin, Maria Manning, who helped bury her lover under the kitchen floor.
Accompanied the TV series. BBC 2013 HB 320pp Illus
A VERY BRITISH MURDER: The Story of a National Obsession
£20.00 18213 now £6.99
NEW
THE EXPERIENCE OF
URBAN POVERTY, 1723-82
NEW DINING WITH
THE GEORGIANS
A Delicious History
Alannah Tomkins Trying ‘to secure a few
new sightings of poverty’, this comparative study of the urban poor in the 18th
century is the first to chart their encounters
with officialdom via multiple urban institutions. Focusing on individuals’ experiences and examining topics including
workhouse life, the reach of institutional
charities such as almshouses, schools and
infirmaries, and the clientele of urban
pawnbrokers, the book offers new insights
into the survival economics of urban
poverty. MANCHESTER UP 2006 HB 302pp
Emma Kay As a consequence of the expanding empire, new and exotic foodstuffs
such as coffee, sugar and curry powder
began to arrive in Britain during the Georgian period. Following the ingredients
came foreign (mainly French) chefs and
much innovation and progress in the culinary arts, with new techniques and equipment being taken up in domestic as well
as commercial kitchens. In this book an
historian of ‘kitchenalia’ examines cooking, dining and eating during a seminal
era of British culinary history.
£55.00 20688 now £12.99
£18.99 21231 now £7.99
NEW
BAREKNUCKLES
A Social History of Prize-Fighting
Dennis Brailsford defines the era of
bareknuckle prizefighting as beginning
when pugilism emerged as distinct from
wrestling and ending when boxers put on
padded gloves and fought time-limited
bouts. This study looks at the great names
of the bareknuckle era, from the Regency
period to the early 20th century, and examines how the fighters trained and
fought, how matches were set up and promoted, and how one of the world’s first
organized spectator sports emerged from
the fairground prize ring.
LUTTERWORTH 1988 HB 192pp Illus
£14.95 20891 now £7.99
NEW
WAR AND WELFARE
British Prisoner of War Families,
1939-45
Barbara Hately-Broad During the Second World War some 250,000 British servicemen were taken captive by either the
Axis powers or the Japanese. As a result,
their wives and families became completely dependent on the military and civil
authorities for news of their loved ones
and for financial and material support.
This book outlines the nature of their
plight and shows how they attempted to
overcome the particular difficulties they
faced during and immediately after the
war. MANCHESTER UP 2009 HB 302pp Illus
£60.00 20803 now £12.99
NEW
THE FOOD
COMPANIONS
Cinema and Consumption in
Wartime Britain, 1939-45
Richard Farmer The introduction of rationing in January 1940 ensured that food
became a central concern for the British
during the Second World War. Here,
Farmer investigates the cinema in wartime
Britain and demonstrates the cultural impact that rationing had on both government propaganda and commercial feature
films. Analysing films, radio programmes
and the Ministry of Food’s Food Flash,
he proposes that their images of the common diet helped construct and contest a
community of ‘food companions’.
£60.00 20696 now £9.99
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MILITARY HISTORY
NEW A DOCTOR
IN THE GREAT WAR
Andrew Davidson tells the story of the
1st Cameronians, who achieved notoriety
for selling the Great War’s first front line
photographs, and Fred Davidson, their
25-year-old medical officer, one of the
first doctors to win the Military Cross. The
book presents the photographs taken (despite
the ban on cameras) by Fred and his fellow
officers, to offer an unusually intimate portrait
of life among the ‘Old Contemptibles’, from
a parade ground in Glasgow to the brothels
of Armentières.
MARBLE ARCH 2014 HB 320pp Illus
$37.00 21122 now £11.99
THE SKETCHBOOK WAR
Saving the Nation’s Artists
in World War II
NEW
Richard Knott The official commissioning of art during the Second World War
was designed to make a record of the
conflict but also to keep the nation’s most
promising artists in relatively safe
employment. This history recounts how
the nine artists who got closest to the action – among them Eric Ravilious,
Edward Bawden and Edward Ardizzone –
adapted to service life and responded to
their experiences. Far from working in
safety, three of this group died, two
were torpedoed and two taken prisoner.
HISTORY PRESS 2013 HB 240pp Illus
£20.00 22758 now £9.99
THE REAL JIM HAWKINS
Ships’ Boys in the Georgian Navy
Roland Pietsch In the 18th century poor
boys in their thousands went to sea like
Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island, often
leaving behind bleak and miserable lives
to go in search of adventure. Focusing on
the Royal Navy during the period of the
Seven Years War, Pietsch investigates the
boys’ social backgrounds and recruitment,
their distinctive subculture and the challenges they faced growing up amid the
perils of naval battle.
SEAFORTH 2010 HB 256pp Illus
£25.00 16908 now £9.99
A SOLDIER OF
THE SEVENTY-FIRST
From De la Plata to Waterloo,
1806-1815
Joseph Sinclair The Journal of a Soldier
of the 71st or Glasgow Regiment, Highland Light Infantry from 1806-1815, to
give its full title, was first published in
Edinburgh in 1819. Writing from the
ranks, yet obviously well educated, the author graphically describes life in the regiment and its exploits in Whitlock’s disastrous South American adventure in 1806,
the Peninsular War, the Walchern Expedition and Waterloo. The Journal is edited,
with an introduction by Stuart Reid, who
unravels the puzzle of the book’s true author. FRONTLINE 2010 HB 160pp
£19.99 11006 now £7.99
Sophie Jackson With traditional religious
faith shattered after the First World War,
Britons began to seek new expressions of
spirituality, while the Church was forced
to reassess how it served the country. In
her investigation of these upheavals, Jackson focuses on scientist and inventor Sir
Oliver Lodge, who responded to his son’s
death in the war by exploring belief in the
afterlife and taking part in séances, so that
he came into contact with such leading
proponents of spiritualism as Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. FONTHILL 2014 HB 208pp Illus
£18.99 19588 now £6.99
1913
The World Before the Great War
Charles Emmerson The year 1913 is generally seen as nothing more than the prelude to an apocalypse. That was not how
it felt at the time. This majestic account
presents that year as it appeared to contemporaries. Through the stories of 28
cities, from London to New York, Vienna
to St Petersburg, and Constantinople to
Beijing, it presents a panorama of a world
alive with potential, wealthy as never before, intoxicated by technological progress,
and oblivious to the catastrophe that lay
ahead. BODLEY HEAD 2013 HB 544pp Illus
£25.00 18181 now £9.99
THE LINE UPON A WIND
The Great War at Sea, 1793-1815
Noel Mostert Rockets, torpedoes and
submarines were among the innovations in
weapons technology first deployed during the
22 years of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Wars. This narrative history ranges from the
Mediterranean to the West Indies, Egypt and
Scandinavia, following Napoleon's great
struggle against Nelson and the other
extraordinary characters who adapted their
abilities to the strategic and tactical demands
of a new age of naval warfare.
NORTON 2008 HB 800pp Illus
£25.00 77187 now £9.99
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The Story of Spirituality
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NEW SOME
DESPERATE GLORY
The Diary of a Young Officer, 1917
Edwin Campion Vaughan When Edwin
Campion Vaughan set out for France, carrying Palgrave’s Golden Treasury of poetry in his pack, he was an enthusiastic
and patriotic young officer looking forward to adventure. This searingly honest
and revealing diary traces his changing
perspectives, evoking the day-to-day
minutiae of trench warfare, and growing
in horror and disillusionment as Vaughan’s
company – his ‘happy little band’ – is
drawn into the carnage of Passchendaele.
PEN & SWORD 2011 PB 248pp
£12.99 21503 now £6.99
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MILITARY HISTORY
NEW “TO THE LAST MAN”
The Battle for Normandy’s
Cotentin Peninsula and Brittany
Randolph Bradham The Cotentin Peninsula
and particularly the port of Cherbourg were
an important early objective for the Allies on
D-Day. Despite securing this crucial foothold,
resistance in the rest of Brittany was never
completely subdued and pockets of German
control, in St Nazaire and Lorient, remained
until the end of the war. This history focuses
on the action that took place in the area, in
which the author was personally involved as
a 20-year-old American staff sergeant.
FRONTLINE 2012 PB 184pp Illus
£12.99 20492 now £4.99
Stella Rutter On 3 June 1944, on the
eve of D-Day, Generals Eisenhower and
Montgomery held a farewell party for all
the senior officers commanding forces
for the Normandy invasion. The party
was held at Supermarine’s headquarters
near Winchester and a suitable securitycleared lady was required as hostess.
Stella Rutter, the first draughtswoman to
work for the Spitfire manufacturer, was
entrusted with this sensitive duty; this
book tells her remarkable story and
records her memories of the historic
gathering. AMBERLEY 2014 HB 187pp Illus
TOMORROW IS D-DAY
£16.99 19556 now £6.99
Chris McNab This volume from the
World War II Data Book series provides
key statistical data on Hitler’s so-called
‘Thousand Year Reich’ (actually 1933 to
1945), including details of annexations,
population changes, economy, racial policy and ideology.
THE THIRD REICH
AMBER 2009 HB 192pp Illus 242x190mm
£19.99 98436 now £9.99
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
IN PHOTOGRAPHS SERIES
John Christopher;
Campbell McCutcheon
From the build-up to war in Nazi
Germany and the invasion of Poland in
September 1939, these books follow the
course of the Second World War using
contemporary photographs, artworks,
posters and ephemera, including many
rare and previously unpublished
images. Each volume contains over 250
pictures, with informative text and
captions covering every aspect of war,
from barrage balloon production on
the home front to the battlefronts on
land, sea and in the air.
AMBERLEY 2014 PB 160pp Illus 233x163mm
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1940
1941
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NEW CHURCHILL
AND THE GENERALS
Barrie Pitt When Churchill became Prime
Minister in May 1940, he was immediately
confronted with a desperate situation in
France and Belgium, and the Dunkirk
evacuation, followed by the French capitulation. This book evokes the relationships
between Churchill and his generals –
among them Brooke, Alexander, Wavell
and Montgomery – and how they faced
the challenges of the Second World War
between Dunkirk and the passing of
supreme command to the Americans in
1943. PEN & SWORD 2004 PB 198pp Illus
£6.99 20447 now £3.99
Christopher M Bell presents the first major study of Winston Churchill’s record as
a naval strategist and his impact as the
most prominent guardian of Britain's sea
power in the modern era. Based on extensive archival research, the book debunks
many well-entrenched myths surrounding
controversial episodes in both World Wars,
including the Dardanelles disaster, the
Norwegian campaign, the Battle of the Atlantic and the devastating loss of HMS
Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in
1941. OXFORD UP 2013 HB 435pp Illus
CHURCHILL AND SEA POWER
RACE FOR THE REICHSTAG
The 1945 Battle for Berlin
Tony Le Tissier’s account of the battle
for Berlin dispels the myths created by
Soviet propaganda and describes in
graphic detail the Red Army’s final offensive against Nazi Germany. Berlin –
seen by Soviet soldiers as the victor’s
prize – had been promised to Marshal
Zhukov, but it fell to Marshal Koniev to
launch one of his powerful tank armies
against the desperate and inadequate German defence of the city. First published
in 1999. PEN & SWORD 2010 PB 287pp Illus
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The Second World War in the Air in Photographs
L Archard This year saw intensive Blitzkrieg on the Eastern front as Germany
invaded the USSR and, later in the year, the widening of the war following the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. AMBERLEY 2014 PB 128pp Illsu 233x163mm
£15.99 21903 now £4.99
NEW 1942
The Second World War in the Air in Photographs
L Archard Starting the year in Asia, with bombing raids on Singapore and
Rangoon as well as war in the Pacific, this volume also covers the beginning of
the US Eighth Air Force campaign against Germany and continuing operations
in the Mediterranean and North Africa. AMBERLEY 2014 PB 128pp Illus
£15.99 21904 now £4.99
NEW 1941
The Second World War at Sea in Photographs
Phil Carradice Beginning in the Mediterranean, where British ships were
threatened by increased Luftwaffe activity, this collection of wartime photographs
includes images of Allied and German war ships in action and, from December
1941, images from the decks of the Japanese carrier Kaga attacking Pearl Harbor.
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MILITARY HISTORY
NEW HITLER’S ELITE
The SS 1939-45
Ed. Chris McNab Known for their fighting
qualities, fanaticism and brutality, the WaffenSS evolved from Hitler’s personal bodyguard
in 1929 into an army which spearheaded the
assault on the Soviet Union and staunchly
defended the Reich in the final days of the
Second World War. Compiled from several
specialist Osprey publications, this volume
presents a comprehensive and fully illustrated
history of the SS, from its origins to the
aftermath of the war, with details of its
uniforms, insignia, weapons and equipment.
OSPREY 2013 HB 384pp Illus
£30.00 21119 now £14.99
HOW TO FLY A SECOND
WORLD WAR HEAVY BOMBER
Lancaster . Halifax . Stirling
NEW
Ed L Archard The Avro Lancaster was
the backbone of RAF Bomber Command
during the Second World War, but two
other four-engined heavy bombers saw
significant action, the Handley Page Halifax and the Short Stirling, each with its
particular strengths and weaknesses. This
book reproduces the training manuals for
each of these three planes, containing notes
for pilots and flight engineers, explaining
the systems, controls, handling and emergency procedures, and including annotated
illustrations of the cockpit instrumentation.
£9.99 21234 now £4.99
THE DAM BUSTERS
In the Words of the Bomber Crews
WB Bartlett The Dam Busters raids are
perhaps the most famous air strikes in history, the subject of many books and a famous film; yet behind the familiar story
of courage and determination lies another,
darker side. Bartlett pays tribute to the
RAF air crews and engineers, but his
book, which draws on first-hand accounts
of survivors, also takes account of the lost
air crew, the missed targets and the people
who lived in the path of the floods.
£9.99 19864 now £4.99
NEW HE WAS MY CHIEF
The Memoirs of
Adolf Hitler’s Secretary
Christa Schroeder As secretary to the
Führer through 12 years of the Third Reich, Christa Schroeder was perfectly
placed to observe the actions and behaviour of Adolf Hitler and his henchmen.
Her memoir gives fascinating insights into
the course of military and political events,
the workings of Hitler’s inner circle, and
the personality of the Nazi dictator and
those closest to him. First published in
Germany in 1985; translated by Geoffrey
Brooks, with an introduction by Roger
Moorhouse. FRONTLINE 2012 PB 240pp Illus
FONTHILL 2013 PB 160pp Illus
£18.99 19584 now £7.99
£12.99 20459 now £4.99
WARSAW 1944
Hitler, Himmler and
the Crushing of a City
Alexandra Richie In August 1944, with
the Soviets approaching and the Germans
in retreat, the Polish resistance saw their
chance to seize back their capital. For over
a month they held much of the city but the
Russians halted their advance and allowed
the Germans to retake the city and exact
their revenge. This book recounts the events
of the revolt and assesses the factors that
led to the annihilation of Warsaw.
WILLIAM COLLINS 2014 PB 698pp Illus
£12.99 20051 now £4.99
AT CLOSE QUARTERS
SOE Close Combat Pistol Instructor
Colonel Hector Grant-Taylor
David Armstrong Many of the tales
about Hector Grant-Taylor, the legendary
NEW BY AIR TO BATTLE
The Official History of the British
Paratroops in World War II
Ed. Bob Carruthers British paratroops played
a significant role in the Second World War, not
just on D-Day and at Arnhem but earlier in North
Africa and the Mediterranean. First published
in 1945, this official account gives an important
contemporary perspective on how events unfolded
and were initially understood. Including eyewitness reports from combatants, the book covers
all the airborne missions of the war as well as the
training and preparation of parachutists and glider
crew. PEN & SWORD 2012 PB 238pp
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Second World War SOE instructor, who
had an enormous influence on techniques
and training in close quarters combat, are
revealed to be apocryphal in this biography. Nevertheless the real story is no less
colourful as the aristocratic-sounding
army officer turns out to have been born
plain Leonard Taylor in a working class
area of Manchester and to have spent time
in Wormwood Scrubs for bigamy.
THE BOMBERS
AND THE BOMBED
Allied Air War Over
Europe, 1940-1945
Richard Overy Between 1939 and 1945,
hundreds of European cities, towns and
villages were devastated by aerial bombing; around 600,000 Europeans were
killed and more than a million injured.
In this first full narrative history of the
air war, Overy deals with the whole of
Europe, Scandinavia and the USSR; he
considers bombing as part of broader
strategies; and he looks at the campaigns
from two perspectives: what they were
meant to achieve and the impact they had
in reality on bombed populations.
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MILITARY HISTORY
Philip Kaplan Before joining the RAF, South
African-born Adolph Malan was a merchant
seaman, earning him the nickname ‘Sailor’
among his new colleagues. One of the key
airmen of the Second World War, he was a
leading ace in the Battle of Britain and station
commander of Biggin Hill from 1941. This
biography reviews the life of a remarkable
pilot and leader, from his teenage schooling
on a Cape Town cadet ship to his post-war
anti-apartheid work in South Africa.
NEW
SAILOR
£19.99 20483 now £8.99
NEW MAD MIKE
A Life of Brigadier Michael Calvert
David Rooney A key commander in the
famous Chindits force in Burma, Mike
Calvert further enhanced his reputation
with the SAS after the Second World War
but his military career ended in 1952 when
he was dismissed following accusations
of gross indecency. This biography examines Calvert’s formidable fighting career as well as investigating the circumstances of his court martial, effectively
exonerating Calvert and assembling evidence that suggests he was deliberately
set up. PEN & SWORD 2006 PB 220pp Illus
£9.99 20468 now £4.99
‘A VERY FINE COMMANDER’
The Memoirs of
General Sir Horatius Murray
Ed. John Donovan After experiences as
a junior officer in India, China and Egypt,
‘Nap’ Murray climbed from the rank of
Major to Lieutenant General between
1939 and 1945 and rose to the highest
levels of NATO after the war. This memoir contains accounts of his actions in
North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Italy,
Palestine and Korea as well as his encounters with many of the leading military
figures of the age and unusual episodes
such as training with the German Army
in 1937. PEN & SWORD 2010 HB 320pp Illus
£25.00 20148 now £9.99
EAST RIDING AIRFIELDS
1915-1920
Geoffrey Simmons Away from the
trenches of the First World War, the German Navy launched a bombardment of
the east coast of Yorkshire in June 1915
and this, along with the threat of aerial
bombardment from zeppelins, provoked
the establishment of aerodromes, landing
grounds and airship stations across the
county. Using archive photographs, maps
and illustrations, Geoffrey Simmons
pieces together the history of these mostly
forgotten sites in the East Riding and the
aircraft that flew from them.
FLIGHT RECORDER 2009
PB 104pp Illus 271x198mm
£12.95 96318 now £5.99
THE DOUBLE-CROSS SYSTEM
The Incredible True Story
of How Nazi Spies Were
Turned into Double Agents
JC Masterman Originally published by
Yale University Press in 1972, this the
classic account of how British intelligence
penetrated and practically operated Nazi
Germany’s spy network within the British
Isles during the Second World War. Sir
John Masterman, an historian and a British
intelligence agent during the war, describes
how, with great imagination, care and precise co-ordination, the British were able
to identify Nazi agents and induce many
to defect and provide false information to
Germany. LYONS 2012 PB 232pp
$14.95 19989 now £5.99
DOUBLE AGENT SNOW
The True Story of Arthur Owens,
Hitler’s Chief Spy in England
James Hayward Arthur Owens’s propensity for invention and exaggeration made
it difficult for MI5 to discount the possibility that their double agent was not in
fact a triple agent. This biography of the
unreliable Owens describes how he nevertheless managed to expose dozens of
German agents and how the misinformation that was fed to the Nazis as a result
of his activities played a crucial role in
the grand deception that kept the real location of the D-Day invasion a secret.
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The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Ben Macintyre An important factor in the
ultimate success of D-Day was the grand
deception that the Allies would attack the
Pas-de-Calais and not Normandy. A small
group of foreign spies that had been turned
to the Allied cause were a critical part of
this hoax, feeding misinformation to the
German High Command. The exploits of
this colourful cadre of spies remained classified and unknown until the 1950s and
are told here in this readable history.
BLOOMSBURY 2012 HB 422pp Illus
£16.99 20410 now £6.99
SM Plokhy With the end of the Second
World War in sight, the ‘Big Three’ Allied
leaders – Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill
– met at Yalta in February 1945. Their decisions on the shape of post-war Europe
had far-reaching consequences and, many
believe, led to the Cold War. This assessment of the conference makes use of newly
discovered documents from US and UK
sources as well as Russian archive material
only available since the collapse of the
Soviet Union. VIKING 2010 HB 479pp Illus
YALTA: The Price of Peace
$29.95 11891 now £7.99
NEW HMS WARRIOR
Ironclad Frigate 1860
Wyn Davies; Geoff Dennison The first
iron-hulled, sea-going armoured ship, HMS
Warrior was also the fastest and most
powerful warship in the world when it was
launched in 1860, but nevertheless obsolete
and sidelined by the Royal Navy within ten
years. This informative profile of the
preserved vessel (now open to the public in
Portsmouth Harbour) includes an historical
introduction, explanation of the design and
construction, and a comprehensive
photographic survey of the ship illustrating
all significant features, inside and out.
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BRITISH ISLES
NEW ALDEBURGH
A Song of the Sea
Tim Coates Despite its isolation on the
Suffolk coast, Aldeburgh has a long and
prosperous history, from Roman times
to Victorian industrial expansion and
modern development as a holiday
destination. Coates celebrates this
heritage with a wealth of historic and
contemporary paintings and photographs
depicting scenes from the town’s past,
its buildings and notable inhabitants. He
also considers literary figures, such as
George Crabbe and Edward FitzGerald,
whose work it inspired, and Benjamin
Britten’s enduring musical legacy in
the Aldeburgh Festival.
ACC 2013 HB 208pp Illus 299x235mm
THE WESTMINSTER
AND PIMLICO BOOK
NEW
Richard Tames Crammed into Westminster and Pimlico are an abbey, a cathedral,
Parliament, palaces, government offices,
gentlemen’s clubs, galleries, the Cenotaph
and the world’s most famous clock. A century and a half ago, there were also slums,
breweries, brothels and a vast prison. This
fully illustrated alphabetical guide to
Westminster’s buildings and personalities
ranges from the Athenaeum to Whitehall,
and from Robert Adam to John Wilkes,
providing an absorbing insight into this
unique city within a city.
£35.00 22782 now £14.99
A Seaside Holiday by Kathleen Hale
Alan Farmer Hampstead Heath is unique – a swath of countryside in the midst
of a great city. Yet it could easily have been lost as London expanded inexorably,
swallowing fields and villages in its way. Illustrated with historical prints, drawings
and maps, this absorbing history charts the fortunes of the Heath and its component
parts from the Middle Ages to the present, and explains how a determined band of
Victorian campaigners saved it from development. HISTORICAL 1996 HB 176pp Illus
HAMPSTEAD HEATH
£15.00 20423 now £5.99
REGENT’S PARK
From Tudor Hunting Ground to the Present
Paul Rabbitts Regent’s Park in London is one
of Britain’s most popular open spaces, but its
history goes back long before John Nash and his
patron the Prince Regent laid it out in the early
19th century. This absorbing account charts its
origins as part of the Middlesex forest, through
the dissolution of the monasteries when it
became Henry VIII’s hunting ground, to its later
development as a smart residential suburb,
reflecting the wider history of Britain and its
public parks. AMBERLEY 2013 HB 220pp Illus
HISTORICAL 2005 PB 136pp Illus
£14.50 20430 now £5.99
THE SQUARE MILE
A Photographic Portrait of the City
Beata Moore The City of London is commonly associated with crowds of office
workers and modern architecture such as
the Gherkin and the Lloyd’s Building, but
it is also the capital’s ancient heart with a
history stretching back before the Romans. This photographic portfolio captures the bustling atmosphere of the modern city as well as seeking out points of
interest, quiet courtyards and historic
buildings, often to be found within a few
yards of each other. FRANCES LINCOLN
£20.00 18019 now £7.99
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF
WINDSOR AND ETON
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THE QUEEN’S LONDON
The Metropolis in the Diamond Jubilee
Years of Victoria and Elizabeth II
Jon Curry; Hugo Simms In 1897, a collection
of photographs of London landmarks, from St
Paul’s Cathedral to Horseguards’ Parade, was
published to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond
Jubilee. This captivating book brings the project
into the 21st century, matching the originals
to modern colour pictures taken from the
same viewpoints. Arranged geographically, the
paired images range along the Thames through
Westminster and the City and out to Camden
and Lambeth. While some scenes remain
almost unaltered, others have changed beyond
recognition. HISTORY PRESS 2012 HB 192pp Illus
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Joanna Jackson Starting in wintertime,
Jackson’s book encompasses ancient traditions including Swan Upping and Eton
College’s celebration of George III’s birthday; a royal association with Windsor that
extends from the ancient castle to the present day polo field; and such treasured
landscapes as Windsor Great Park, Virginia Water and Runnymede. FRANCES
LINCOLN 2011 HB 112pp Illus 266x247mm
£16.99 98933 now £7.99
NEW THE RIVER HAMBLE
A History
David Chun The Hamble rises at Bishop’s
Waltham in Hampshire and flows for 12
miles towards Southampton Water. This
guide narrates its varied history as a means
of transport for local goods, a home for
the royal fleet, a place of naval shipbuilding, a military resource and a centre for
yachting, among other uses. The text traces
the river from source to sea, with many illustrations, maps and archive photographs.
HISTORY PRESS 2014 PB 128pp Illus
£12.99 22753 now £5.99
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BRITISH ISLES
RIVERS OF BRITAIN
Estuaries, Tideways, Havens,
Lochs, Firths and Kyles
Stuart Fisher From the industrial thoroughfares
of the Thames and the Clyde to deserted
marshy flats and picturesque Cornish inlets,
the tidal waterways and estuaries of Britain
have much to offer the visitor whether their
interest is in history, nature or sport and
recreation. Researched ‘from the water’ by
boating writer Stuart Fisher, this guide offers
information for walkers, cyclists, boaters and
general tourists, with historical notes, scenic
photography, maps, references to Admiralty
charts and information about tides. ADLARD
COLES NAUTICAL 2012 PB 304pp Illus 297x210mm
£25.00 18265 now £9.99
CORNWALL
Transport and Industrial Heritage
John Vaughan Emblematic of Cornwall’s
mining heritage, the romantic abandoned
engine houses that litter the landscape
are now an attraction of its principal
industry: tourism. This illustrated history
examines the origins and development
of tin and copper mining, quarrying,
china clay extraction and fishing in Cornwall as well as the diverse transport network that developed to serve these industries and later bring tourists to the area.
The book includes map references and
can be used as a practical guidebook.
IAN ALLAN 2009 PB 192pp Illus
£14.99 19961 now £5.99
EXPLORING BRITAIN’S
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
Inspirational Journeys of Discovery
Visiting churches and chapels is not just
about admiring superb buildings of architectural, artistic and historical importance;
the visitor is walking into places that have
been at the heart of people’s lives for centuries. This illustrated AA guide includes
over 870 of the most inspiring of these
buildings in England, Scotland and Wales.
The churches are presented in eight regional sections, but grouped around key
churches in smaller areas, so that visits
can be planned for one- or two-day tours.
AA 2011 HB 256pp Illus 280x215mm
£25.00 88697 now £8.99
THE MOST AMAZING
PLACES OF FOLKLORE
AND LEGEND IN BRITAIN
Jessica Berry The coast of South Devon
has been a hazard to shipping since the
earliest times; the protruding western
stretch in particular catching out sailors
in poor visibility or bad weather. This
guide to the coast’s maritime history is
aimed at the walker of the coastal trail,
each of the shipwrecks explored having
taken place within sight of the cliffs, from
Bronze Age traders to vessels of the Second World War.
Reader’s Digest From the Shetland fire festival of Up Helly Aa to the mermaid of Zennor’s tale of love and loss, Britain’s folklore
is deeply rooted in a bygone age when pastoral demands shaped the year, yet many of
these centuries-old celebrations are alive
and well today. This illustrated guide describes places and events where such traditions can still be experienced, along with
maps, directions and a list of festivals by
date, to provide everything you need to plan
your folklore journey. READER’S DIGEST
AMBERLEY 2013 HB 128pp Illus 235x165mm
£14.99 19324 now £4.99
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CHANGING... SERIES
Juxtaposing images from the late
19th and early 20th centuries with
modern colour photographs, these
books offer very graphic local
histories of three northern towns.
As well as dramatic changes in
the built environment – even the
well preserved buildings such as
the West Riding County Council
in Wakefield are now surrounded
by tarmac and the trappings
of motorized traffic – the pictures
and commentaries record
transformations in how people
work, play and travel. FONTHILL
2014/15 PB 96pp Illus 235x165mm
£14.99 each now £4.99 each
BRITAIN’S LOST
HIGH STREETS
Sarah Kendall
This illustrated history of
everyday life in Britain’s
villages, towns and cities
spans the period from the
last years of Queen Victoria
to the 1960s. A remarkable
collection of over 210
archive photographs from
all over the country shows
how we used to get around,
shop, work and play, and
the ways in which all these A Francis Frith postcard of Braintree High Street in 1906
activities changed over the years. They also reveal how much the high
street was at the heart of every community. AMBERLEY 2014 PB 128pp Illus
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NEW GERVASE PHINN’S
YORKSHIRE JOURNEY
Gervase Phinn The locations in this
celebration of Yorkshire represent a
personal tour of places and buildings that
have been significant for Phinn, who is
well-known for his books on life in the
Dales. The villages, castles and country
houses, moors and breathtaking coastal
scenery have all shaped his life. His
‘journey’ is illustrated with 140 colour
photographs and a number of
watercolours by Matthew Phinn
accompany the introductions to six
regions, including York and the Dales.
DALESMAN 2010 HB 144pp Illus 300x226mm
£17.99 20531 now £6.99
Bolton Castle, Leyburn, near Wensleydale
YORKSHIRE’S
DINOSAUR COAST
NEW
Ian D Rotherham Along the North Yorkshire coast exposed rocks from the Jurassic
period reveal and release fossils ranging
from small ammonites to giant plesiosaurs,
attracting geologists and tourists and providing the area’s nickname – the ‘Dinosaur
Coast’. Illustrated with old postcards,
maps, prints and photographs, this book
explores the history, landscape, wildlife
and people of the area, from Filey in the
south to Saltburn-by-the-Sea in the north.
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Jason Friend Planned by the Ramblers’ Association to take walkers through the
most spectacular landscapes in the county, the Cumbria Way meanders some 70
miles from Ulverston to Carlisle in the north. Jason Friend, an award-winning
photographer, has walked the route several times and in different seasons. This
book of 83 photographs, with accompanying commentary and maps, follows the
trail northward, passing though Coniston, Dungeon Ghyll, Keswick and Caldbeck
to Carlisle Castle. The book concludes with photographers’ notes on each image.
THE CUMBRIA WAY
ZYMURGY 2006 HB 128pp Illus 230x270mm
£12.99 11060 now £5.99
Graham Uney Beginning in the autumn,
when the leaves are just starting to turn,
this photographic journey explores the
Lake District in a clockwise direction,
beginning in Borrowdale. While some
days are dramatic and snow-filled, others
are grey and bleak, but no less impressive.
Uney photographs both well-known Lakeland scenes and lesser known corners, to
reveal the beauty and harsh reality of winter life in the Lake District.
A WINTER’S TALE: Lakeland
HALSGROVE 2008 HB 144pp Illus 220x239mm
£14.99 19547 now £6.99
THE PICTORIAL GUIDES
TO THE LAKELAND FELLS
50th Anniversary Edition (Seven volumes)
THROUGH TIME SERIES
In each of the Through Time books,
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
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OXFORDSHIRE
STOCKTON-ON-TEES
A Wainwright ‘Surely there is no other
place in this whole wonderful world quite
like Lakeland...’: so begins Wainwright’s
series of guides to the Lake District. The
seven books in this set have been newly
reproduced from the original handwritten
and hand-drawn pages to mark the 50th
anniversary of the first Pictorial Guide in
1955. Descriptions of the walks were correct
to the best of Wainwright’s knowledge, but
present day walkers should be aware that
footpaths, cairns and way marks may well
have changed. Slipcased. FRANCES
£99.99 20083 now £40.00
Arthur Mee This classic guide covers in detail the magnificent scenery of the Lake
District from Derwentwater to Windermere and from Skiddaw to Castle Head.
Arthur Mee describes the region’s ancient castles and abandoned churches, explores
its dramatic history, and celebrates the place of the Lakes in the poetry of William
Wordsworth. The guide is reprinted here with its original map and photographs.
THE LAKE DISTRICT: The Classic Guide
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SCOTLAND
NEW LOCH LOMOND
AND THE TROSSACHS
John Barrington From Aberfoyle, the Enchanted
Village, to Zymurgy, a specialized branch of
chemistry dealing with fermentation and distilling
(presumably well-known to whisky distillers),
shepherd and storyteller John Barrington has
compiled an A-Z of the history and legend, folklore
and geography of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs,
now a National Park. LUATH 2006 PB 240pp Illus
£8.99 21846 now £3.99
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.
THE TROSSACHS
BIRLINN 2005 PB 112pp Illus 191x249mm
CLYDESIDE
Red, Orange and Green
NEW
Ian R Mitchell Primarily associated with
the shipbuilding industry in Glasgow, the
Clyde in Lanarkshire was once known for
coal and steel production, and at Paisley
and the Vale of Leven for textile production. This book examines the industrial
and political history of the working people
of a region tied together by the 100-mile
course of the Clyde, from 19th century
social experiments to radical politics and
sectarian rivalries – the red, orange and
green. LUATH 2010 PB 192pp Illus
£9.99 21839 now £4.99
THE UNION
England, Scotland and
the Treaty of 1707
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. BIRLINN 2013 PB 352pp Illus
£9.99 19244 now £4.99
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NEW NATURE’S PEACE
A Celebration of
Scotland’s Watershed
Peter Wright Marking the
divide between water flowing
west to the Atlantic or east
to the North Sea, Scotland’s
watershed is a line that can be
traced through the high points
of the landscape for the whole
length of the country. This book
celebrates this spine of wild
places, mixing photography
with the writings of 19th
century naturalist John Muir
and commentaries describing
Ben Lomond: All water on
the environments encountered, from the border hills to
the tip of the Shetlands. LUATH 2013 PB 192pp Illus 210x170mm this side of the mountain
flows to the Firth of Clyde
£16.99 21848 now £5.99
Gavin Bowd Today, Scottish nationalism is
widely seen as an ideology of the left, but before the Second World War, it was often associated with the far right. The poet Hugh MacDiarmid called for a ‘native species of
fascism’, Rudolf Hess hoped to talk peace with
the Duke of Hamilton, and a Dundee hairdresser, Jessie Jordan, spied for Germany. This
disturbing history uncovers the extent to which
Nazism permeated Scottish society, winning
the support of aristocrats, intellectuals and the
Protestant League. BIRLINN 2013 PB 318pp Illus
£12.99 19121 now £5.99
UNKNOWN
HEBRIDES
£9.99
62671 now £4.99
BIRLINN 2012 PB 240pp Illus
£14.99 19207 now £5.99
A SWEDISH FIELD TRIP TO
THE OUTER HEBRIDES, 1934
John MacPherson
This photographic
celebration of some of
the most beautiful yet
overlooked parts of
Scotland – the islands
of the Firth of Lorne,
the islands of Skye,
and Ullapool – is
introduced by Hamish
Haswell-Smith.
BIRLINN 2005 PB 128pp
Illus 191x249mm
Daniel MacCannell Neither highland
nor lowland Scotland, the area of Banff
and Buchan, to the east of Moray and to
the north of Aberdeen, is something of
an overlooked corner of the country. This
illustrated history celebrates the region,
recalling lost ways of life, buildings, industries and people, including the stories
of the long-defunct University of Fraserburgh, the local men who achieved military fame with foreign armies and the
author of arguably the first British novel.
LOST BANFF AND BUCHAN
FASCIST SCOTLAND
Caledonia and the Far Right
Ed. Alexander Fenton; Mark Mulhern In
1934 two Swedish scholars of ethnology travelled around the Outer Hebrides to study the
culture of the islands and to see if there were
similarities with the people of Sweden, across
the North Sea. They recorded their findings
in the notes, diaries, drawings and photographs which are collected together in this
intriguing book. There are images of interiors,
fishermen, farms and islanders, all poised
poignantly at the end of an era, just before
the dawn of the modern age.
Looking over the Garvellachs islands
NMS 2012 HB 126pp Illus 187x243mm
£25.00 21063 now £9.99
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REFERENCE
NEW THE SECRET LIVES OF NUMBERS
The Curious Truth Behind Everyday Digits
Michael Millar Why do weeks have seven days?
How are football shirt numbers assigned? Which
culture considers 13 to be lucky? What would you
dial to call the Ghostbusters? And why do pint
glasses bear the numbers 562 and 2043? Numbers
shape our lives every day, but we are often unaware
of the intriguing stories behind their use. In this
unconventional history book, Millar follows 45
threads in search of the curious origins of our
most ubiquitous numbers. VIRGIN 2012 HB 192pp
£9.99 22832 now £4.99
NUMEROIDS
Any Number of Things You Didn’t Know...
and Some You Did
NEW
ENGLISH DICTIONARY
AND THESAURUS
This one-stop reference book includes not
only a dictionary of over 100,000 definitions and a thesaurus of 100,000 synonyms,
but also a guide to grammar and usage, an
atlas of the world and a listing of world
facts. The atlas section comprises 62 pages
of full colour maps and a map index. The
final section, which contains the guides to
grammar and usage, also has notes on pronunciation and lists of idioms and proverbs.
GEDDES & GROSSET 2008 HB 1024pp
£19.95 21556 now £9.99
Donough O’Brien; Anthony Weldon Money,
music, movies, life on Earth and the human body,
sport, science and space – everything, in fact, is governed by numbers. Arranged
(numerically of course) in sections on subjects from the here and now of the modern
world to infinity, Numeroids presents 1,300 pieces of numerical information.
There is something for everyone, whether your interest is in the number of
teeth a tortoise has (zero), or the size of the US defence budget (c. $689 billion).
BENE FACTUM 2008 HB 224pp
£9.99 20388 now £3.99
How does that work? You look up the word you wish to rhyme with in the
alphabetical index and are given a numerical code; the code will guide you to
the rhymes in the main part the Dictionary. Different parts of speech and multiple
pronunciations are catered for by this ingenious system of classifying words by
their final vowel sound; inspiration is provided by quotations from great poets
scattered throughout the listings. A&C BLACK 2009 PB 383pp
BLOOMSBURY RHYMING DICTIONARY
£8.99 20325 now £3.99
ADONIS TO ZORRO
Oxford Dictionary of
Reference and Allusion
Back by
popular
demand
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. OXFORD UP 2010 HB 416pp
£20.00 88041 now £8.99
READING, WRITING
AND ARITHM3TIC
Mastering the Three Rs
of an Old-Fashioned Education
Daniel Smith If your commas are a bit
rusty, or you have to take restaurant bills
on trust, Daniel Smith offers the chance
to revisit old-school comprehension,
grammar and arithmetic and thereby enhance the very modern skills of communication, numeracy and logical thinking.
Going back to fundamentals, the lessons
and exercises are a challenge, but good
fun: you don’t have to hand your book in
and the answers are at the back. Slightly
off-mint. MICHAEL O’MARA 2013 HB 224pp
£12.99 19414 now £3.99
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Gareth King Designed for learners with a knowledge of basic grammar and
vocabulary, this compilation of stimulating texts aims to increase reading proficiency
through 35 graded passages – both excerpts from modern literature and a range of
magazine and newspaper articles covering topics as varied as JRR Tolkien, Lady
Gaga, rugby, mental health and Plaid Cymru. Each is furnished with a list of
vocabulary, discussion of grammar points and sets of comprehension questions
in both English and Welsh. ROUTLEDGE 2013 PB 192pp
NEW
THE ROUTLEDGE INTERMEDIATE WELSH READER
£31.99 21581 now £16.99
Cristina Sousa An accessible reference grammar, Basic Portuguese comprises
20 units covering the core material that students can expect to encounter in their
first year of learning Portuguese, with exercises to consolidate their learning.
The result is a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of Portuguese grammar.
NEW
BASIC PORTUGUESE
£28.99 21571 now £11.99
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REFERENCE/STATIONERY
NEW THE NEW PARTRIDGE
DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND
UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH
(Two volumes)
Ed. Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor The heir
and successor to Eric Partridge’s magnum
opus The Dictionary of Slang and
Unconventional English, this new
dictionary is the definitive record of slang
in the English-speaking world – from
Canada to New Zealand – since 1945.
There are more than 60,000 entries, with
published sources, examples of usage
from popular literature, journalism, movies
and songs, and dating for each headword.
Second edition.
ROUTLEDGE 2013 HB 2,530pp
£210.00 21579 now £80.00
BACK TO SCHOOL
FOR GROWN-UPS
Everything You Should
Have Learned in Class
POISONED PENS
Literary Invective from Amis to Zola
Ed. Gary Dexter ‘Every time I read Pride
and Prejudice I want to dig her up and hit
her over the head with her own shin bone’
– such was Mark Twain’s regard for Jane
Austen’s writing prowess. Similarly acrimonious sentiments fill this entertaining
compendium of literary backbiting, from
Thomas de Quincey’s low opinion of
Homer to the cut and thrust of modern reviewing with Bevis Hillier v. AN Wilson.
Stephen Evans; Ian Whitelaw This is
an entertaining way to test your general
knowledge, and improve it. The format
divides the book into five days, each with
four ‘lessons’. It covers the key subjects,
including maths, art, history, earth sciences, religion and literature, and for each
there are ‘when’, ‘why’, ‘who’, ‘where’
and ‘what’ questions. For an authentic
school experience, each day ends with
a test, which you can mark yourself.
FRANCES LINCOLN 2009 HB 240pp
£9.99 99680 now £3.99
BARRON’S 2010 HB 256pp Illus 207x156mm
$18.99 21185 now £4.99
EXCUSE MY FRENCH!
Fluent Francais Without the Faux Pas
Rachel Best; Jean-Christophe van Waes
How do you say ‘a bunch of muppets’ in French?
Is ‘la faire la bombe’ as explosive as it sounds?
With over 700 everyday expressions and their
idiomatic English equivalents, this book offers
an entertaining way to improve your language
skills while discovering the origins of both
languages’ most curious phrases. You’ll also
learn when to beware of literal translation –
Back by
and which phrases might land you in trouble.
popular
KYLE 2013 HB 256pp
BLOOMSBURY AND THE
OMEGA WORKSHOPS
Set of eight notecards
Established in 1913 by
Roger Fry, the Omega
Workshops were an
experimental design
collective whose
members included
artists of the
Bloomsbury group.
Drawn from the
Courtauld’s collection,
the prints on these
notecards – Snowdrops
and Marigolds – are
by Winifred Gill (18911981). Four notecards
of each design, with
envelopes. CUSTOM WORKS 147x104mm
20378 now £9.99
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY JAPANESE IRIS
NOTEBOOK SET
The textured covers of these notebooks
feature combinations of woodblock
prints from the catalogue of a 19th
century Japanese nursery which
specialized in irises. The original prints
are in the RHS Lindley Library in
London. In sets of three, each notebook
has a different iris, 48 ruled pages and
exposed stitching on the spine.
demand
£9.99 94668 now £4.99
THE DICTIONARY SERIES
(Four volumes)
Linda and Roger Flavell Both scholarly
and entertaining, this set of dictionaries
is ‘a browser’s paradise’. One volume
defines and traces the origins of almost
300 commonly used words, from
‘accolade’ to ‘zoo’; another provides
detailed explanations of over 400 idioms
in current use; English Down the Ages
starts from historical events (from 1066
to 1989) and explores how they brought
new vocabulary into the language; and
the Dictionary of Proverbs and Their
Origins explains a selection of 400,
chosen for their interesting etymologies
and stories. Slipcased.
FRANCES LINCOLN 2014 PB 209x147mm
£9.99 20074 now £3.99
KYLE CATHIE 2006 PB 1082pp 199x130mm
£29.99 80054
now £9.99
IMPRESSIONIST ART
MEMORY GAME
This Pelmanism game uses art from
the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods to challenge your memory. Packaged in a robust silver tin,
the set of 40 cards includes works of
the original art movement of the 1870s
by Manet, Renoir, Sisley and Monet,
and masterpieces from the following
decades such as Seurat’s Sunday on
La Grande Jatte, landscapes by Van
Gogh and a still life by Cézanne.
CUSTOM WORKS 125x167mm
20380 now £14.99
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BIRDS
Our theme this month is ornithology – hence the
Black-winged Stilt, an ‘avian survivor’, on the cover.
These pages present a selection of books from
specialist ornithological publishers, including the
much-acclaimed Poyser Monographs; more general
studies of two of Britain’s best-loved birds, the Owl
and the Atlantic Puffin; and, music to a bird-lover’s
ears, an audio recording of Blackbird song.
Owlets leave the nest before they can fly,
relying on their climbing ability to stay safe
Marianne Taylor ‘Secretive nocturnal birds of
the forest, patterned in cryptic tones and borne on
soundless wings’, owls are rarely seen, yet they are
among the most popular of birds, with a special place
in folklore and legend. Illustrated with spectacular
photographs, this book aims to demystify owls
by first describing broad owl attributes, hunting
behaviour and techniques, breeding biology,
habitat and conservation issues; then giving
detailed individual accounts for 40 species of
owls from the northern hemisphere.
NEW
OWLS
BLOOMSBURY 2012 HB 224pp Illus 277x213mm
£25.00 22450 now £9.99
NEW THE BLACKBIRD
Sound Portraits of the Blackbird in Spring
With its jet black plumage and bright yellow beak,
the Common Blackbird is a favourite
among bird-lovers and one of Britain’s
best loved songbirds. The 13 recordings
on this audio CD include some of the
finest Blackbird songs from the British Library’s
sound archive and demonstrate the fluting melody
and variety of this songbird’s remarkable voice.
Duration 67 minutes. BRITISH LIBRARY 2014
£10.00 19810 now £3.99
NEW THE STATUS
OF BIRDS IN
BRITAIN AND
IRELAND
David T Parkin;
Alan G Knox Written to
update the British
Ornithologists’ Union’s
last full Checklist, this
volume first summarizes
developments since
1971, including species
that have become
extinct as breeding
birds, critical declines
following changes in
land use, recoveries,
and changes in bird
taxonomy. It then
provides an up-to-date
account of the status of all birds in Britain, Ireland and the
Isle of Man. Altogether, the book lists over 580 species,
with Latin and common names and concise details of
taxonomy, distribution and status. HELM 2010 HB 440pp Illus
£50.00 21778 now £14.99
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NEW THE SECRET
LIVES OF PUFFINS
Mark Sisson; Dominic
Couzens Despite living
in remote coastal regions
in summer and spending
the winter at sea, Atlantic
Puffins are among the
most recognizable and
most popular of the UK’s
seabirds. Award-winning
wildlife photographer
Mark Sisson has spent
years photographing them,
and in his book over 130
images of Puffins in their
colourful breeding plumage – and the occasional black-faced Puffling –
are combined with Dominic Couzens’s expert yet very accessible text
covering the birds’ biology and lifestyle. BLOOMSBURY 2013 HB 176pp Illus
£20.00 22779 now £7.99
A Purple
Sandpiper
flanked by
Sanderlings,
both
common
species on
the open
coast of
Essex
Simon Wood Stretching east from suburban London along the
Thames and north towards East Anglia, Essex is of national and
international importance for many birds, especially the migrant
wildfowl and waders that occur on the Stour, Colne, Blackwater,
Crouch, Roach and Thames estuaries. Covering the entire Essex list of
384 species, this volume analyses and summarizes data collected over
the last 200 years, with an up-to-date status report for each species
and its patterns of occurrence within Essex. HELM 2007 HB 656pp
NEW
THE BIRDS OF ESSEX
£40.00 21809 now £14.99
WA Venables; AD Baker et al Gwent comprises a very diverse
range of habitats, including forests, rivers, wetlands and heaths –
a diversity that is reflected in more than 120 species of breeding
birds. Written on behalf of the Gwent Ornithological Society, this
authoritative volume is a history and status report for every species
in the county up to 2005, including migrants, visitors and vagrants.
It also includes a chapter on where to watch birds in this species-rich
corner of Wales. HELM 2008 HB 416pp Illus
NEW
THE BIRDS OF GWENT
£40.00 21779 now £14.99
POYSER
MONOGRAPHS
The horn of the Rhinoceros Auklet is unique
among seabirds, but its function remains unknown
Anthony J Gaston An ornithologist who has
devoted decades to studying seabirds, Anthony
Gaston explains in detail what is special about
being a seabird and why – like humans – they live
a long time and reproduce very slowly. Enriched
with personal anecdotes from the field and
photographs, the book provides information on all
seabird types and covers adaptation and plumage,
distribution and communities, feeding, behaviour,
migration, breeding, the consequences of
coloniality and population dynamics.
NEW
SEABIRDS: A Natural History
T&AD POYSER 2004 HB 222pp Illus 250x190mm
£50.00 21780 now £19.99
Canada
Geese
Regarded as essential
reading by many
ornithologists, the Poyser
Monographs provide an
enormous amount of
detail on individual
species and groups such
as the Avian Surivors. In
an accessible format,
each volume covers the
subject bird’s evolution,
biology and ecology, breeding and feeding, distribution,
and conservation. T&AD POYSER 2004-13 HB 192-304pp Illus
£50.00/£60.00 each
now £19.99 each
The Woodchat
Shrike, from
Avian Survivors
NEW AVIAN SURVIVORS
The History and Biogeography of Palearctic Birds
Clive Finlayson Using a fresh approach that classifies birds according to
their bioclimatic characteristics, Finlayson views the history and distribution
of Palearctic birds from a radical new angle. He shows that the avifauna
of Palearctic predates the glaciations of the last two million years, and
he tells the story of the birds that made it through the glaciations –
the avian survivors.
22022
Paul Mason; Jake Allsop
Renowned for the beauty of its
colourful plumage and its song,
the Golden Oriole is one of Britain’s
rarest breeding birds, a longdistance migrant, returning in early
May to breed at just a few sites,
mostly in Suffolk. This detailed
study covers topics such as
migration and population dynamics,
but also reviews the history of the
flagship reserve for the species,
Lakenheath Fen.
22040
NEW
THE GOLDEN ORIOLE
Paul F Donald The Skylark’s melodious
song, delivered from its famous towering
songflight, can be heard from Ireland to
Japan and from the Arctic Circle to the
North African deserts. This monograph
opens with an overview of all the world’s
larks and, as well as the usual thorough
account of the species biology, migratory
patterns, behaviour and habitats, Paul
Donald discusses the Skylark’s role
in history and folklore.
21829
NEW
Christopher Lever After habitat loss, the impact
of naturalised exotics is the single most important
cause of extinction in native species throughout the
world. In this book, updated from the first edition
in 1987, Christopher Lever describes when, where,
how and by whom the world’s naturalised birds
were introduced to places outside their natural
range, and discusses the economic and ecological
impacts each has had in its naturalised regions.
NATURALISED BIRDS OF THE WORLD
THE SKYLARK
T&AD POYSER 2005 HB 352pp Illus
£50.00 20229 now £19.99
Andy Brown and Phil Grice, the Head and Senior
Ornithologists at English Nature, present a thorough
examination of the status and distribution, past and
present of the 550 species on the English list. The
fortune of each species in England is discussed in
detail, referring to historical records and current
research to assess the present status of the species
and its likely future population trends, and to
provide recommendations for conservation
strategies. T&AD POYSER 2005 HB 704pp Illus
NEW
BIRDS IN ENGLAND
£40.00 21781 now £19.99
NEW THE
MANDARIN DUCK
Christopher Lever The
Mandarin Duck is a small and
(in the case of the males)
spectacularly colourful species
of waterfowl. Native to East
Asia, Mandarins have been
widely kept in aviaries in
Europe and North America and
birds have frequently escaped to
form wild colonies. Lever gives a detailed account of this
beautiful bird, with particular emphasis on the invasive
populations in Britain and overseas.
22043
A pair of
Mandarin Ducks
on the alert
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BIOGRAPHY
NEW NAPOLEON AND BETSY
Recollections of Napoleon on St Helena
Lucia Elizabeth Abell Imprisoned on the remote
Atlantic island of St Helena, the fallen emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte made an unlikely friend:
the impudent, spirited 13-year-old daughter of
a British naval officer. Over regular visits, Lucia
Elizabeth Abell, known as Betsy, helped him
to learn English, amused him with anecdotes
and stories, and diverted him from his sombre
thoughts. Her touching account of their friendship,
published some 20 years later, is reprinted here
with a biographical introduction and 32 pages
of colour plates. FONTHILL 2012 HB 144pp Illus
£18.99 22802 now £6.99
CONSTANTINE
Unconquered Emperor,
Christian Victor
Paul Stephenson In 312 CE, Constantine – one of four emperors ruling a divided empire – marched on Rome to establish control of the western empire. On
the eve of the decisive battle he saw a
vision which led him to convert to Christianity. Stephenson’s biography uses literary, artistic, numismatic and archaeological evidence to examine the religious
background of Constantine’s conversion
and the life and legacy of a seminal figure in the political and cultural history
of the West. QUERCUS 2011 PB 384pp Illus
£9.99 16643 now £4.99
PARTICULAR FRIENDS
The Correspondence of
Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
Ed. Guy de la Bédoyère Samuel Pepys
and John Evelyn began their correspondence during the Second Dutch War of
1664-7 when both men were involved
with war casualties, Pepys as Clerk of the
Acts and Evelyn as a Commissioner for
Sick and Wounded Seamen and Prisoners
of War. Evelyn’s final letter, some 40
years later, is dated a few months before
Pepys’s death in 1703. Illuminating their
friendship and Restoration society generally, this is a complete and fully annotated
edition of all the letters that passed between the two great diarists.
BOYDELL 2005 PB 352pp
ADMIRAL BYNG
His Rise and Execution
Chris Ware Admiral John Byng is best
remembered on account of his execution
in 1757, ‘pour encourager les autres’, as
Voltaire famously remarked. But what
brought a seaman who had until then enjoyed a brilliant career to so ignominious
an end? This long-overdue reappraisal
traces Byng’s meteoric rise and the events
surrounding the Battle of Minorca, which
led to the fatal accusation of cowardice,
and reveals how an honourable man was
caught up in political machinations beyond his control.
£14.99 60240 now £6.99
£19.99 92608 now £7.99
PIRATE HUNTER
The Life of Captain Woodes Rogers
NEW
PHYSICIAN
TO THE FLEET
The Life and Times of
Thomas Trotter 1760-1832
Graham A Thomas Having proved himself a remarkable fighting seaman during
a circumnavigation of the globe attacking
Spanish shipping, Woodes Rogers was appointed Governor of the Bahamas by
George I and tasked with the job of ridding the colony of pirates. Drawing on
his own memoir as well as other contemporary sources, including notes from the
trials of notorious pirates, this book recounts Rogers’s adventures, which include
rescuing the marooned Alexander Selkirk,
the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe.
£19.99 20477 now £7.99
Brian Vale; Griffith Edwards A Scot of
humble origins, Dr Thomas Trotter became a mover and shaker of Georgian
medicine. He joined the Royal Navy as
an Assistant Surgeon, played a major part
in improving the health of the Navy, participated in great naval events such as the
Glorious First of June, and also wrote important works on scurvy and naval
medicine. Although illuminating many aspects of 18th-century medical and naval
history, the main theme of this study is
Trotter’s character and career.
BOYDELL 2011 HB 248pp
£60.00 21306 now £16.99
HAIG
Master of the Field
John Davidson As one of the key generals of the First World War, Douglas Haig
increasingly attracted censure as the century progressed and the ‘lions led by donkeys’ view of the war became prevalent.
This account of Haig’s campaigns in 1917
and 1918 was written in 1953 by one of
his key staff officers to counter the growing and, he felt, unjustified criticism. It
offers an important insight from within
the Field Marshal’s inner circle. With a
new preface by Haig’s grandson.
£19.99 20457 now £7.99
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NEW THE REAL HORNBLOWER
The Life and Times of
Admiral Sir James Gordon GCB
Bryan Perrett It was while researching the
Chesapeake Bay Campaign of 1814 that Bryan
Perrett came across ‘Captain Gordon RN’ in
CS Forester’s Naval War of 1812 and began
to see parallels between Gordon, who had
commanded a diversionary force on the
Potomac, and Forester’s later fictional character,
Horatio Hornblower. In this book, Perrett presents
a full biography of Admiral Gordon and his
long and extraordinarily distinguished career.
PEN & SWORD 2013 PB 160pp Illus
£12.99 21500 now £5.99
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BIOGRAPHY
NEW MARGOT AT WAR
Love and Betrayal in Downing Street
1912-1916
Anne de Courcy Margot Asquith was perhaps
the most daring and unconventional Prime
Minister’s wife in British history. Stylish, witty
and outspoken, she transformed 10 Downing
Street into a glittering social and intellectual
salon. Drawing on unpublished material from
personal papers and diaries, this absorbing book
recreates the emotional and political turmoil of
the period when Herbert Asquith’s government
was beset by unrest from suffragettes, strikers
and Irish nationalists, and the world was
spiralling towards war.
WEIDENFELD 2014 HB 384pp Illus
£20.00 21552 now £7.99
NEW JOHNNY
The Legend and Tragedy
of General Sir Ian Hamilton
John Philip Jones The disastrous Gallipoli campaign of the First World War
cost Winston Churchill his job as First
Lord of the Admiralty and ended the military career of Ian Hamilton, widely
blamed for the bungling of the operation
on the ground. This study of Hamilton’s
military career traces his rise to prominence in the British Army of the 19th century and examines his failings, as well as
those of his superiors, at Gallipoli, and his
prescient military writings after the war.
£25.00 20465 now £9.99
ERASMUS DARWIN
Sex, Science and Serendipity
Patricia Fara More than half a century before his famous grandson, Erasmus Darwin
was both renowned and viciously satirized
for promulgating controversial scientific
theories – albeit in long and sexually suggestive poems. Patricia Fara investigates
why his ideas provoked such a vitriolic reaction and how he prefigured Victorian debates about faith and science. She also celebrates his championing of causes such as
the abolition of slavery and the education
of women. OXFORD UP 2012 HB 336pp Illus
£20.00 11210 now £7.99
THE EXPLOITS OF
ENSIGN BAKEWELL
With the Inniskillings in the Peninsula,
1810-11; and in Paris, 1815
Ed. Ian Robertson After a largely unsuccessful career in haberdashery, Robert
Bakewell bought a commission in the 27th
Regiment of Foot – the Inniskillings – in
1810 and soon found himself in Lisbon
as part of Wellington’s expeditionary
force. This book reproduces the diaries
he kept during the Peninsular campaigns
of 1810-11 and, having recovered from
an injury, in France after Waterloo. His
memoir of France 1815 includes his observations on the food, drink and women
of Paris as well as his military duties there.
FRONTLINE 2012 HB 224pp Illus
£19.99 20450 now £7.99
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
£14.99 19097 now £7.99
THE GIRL FROM STATION X
My Mother’s Unknown Life
Elisa Segrave As Anne Segrave approached old age and dementia, her
daughter Elisa was faced with the daunting task of sorting through her mother’s
belongings and was astonished to find a
cache of Second World War diaries that
revealed an adventurous woman she
barely recognized. This biographical account describes Anne’s wartime adventures through Bletchley Park, Bomber
Command and a newly liberated Germany, and includes many extracts from
the original diaries.
AURUM 2014 PB 367pp Illus
£9.99 19403 now £3.99
KING’S CROSS KID
A Childhood Between the Wars
Victor Gregg; Rick Stroud Victor Gregg
(b.1919) joined the army in 1937 and in
Rifleman (2011), he told the story of his
service in the Rifle Brigade in Palestine,
Alamein and Arnhem. Here, he goes back
to his childhood and teenage years on the
‘mean streets’ of King’s Cross, Soho and
Bloomsbury. Victor’s memoir evokes
how, abandoned by his father and living
in poverty, the family struggled and
survived in the familiar, yet strange world
of London between the wars. Slightly
off-mint. BLOOMSBURY 2014 PB 255pp Illus
£8.99 22959 now £3.99
NEW THE BARONESS
The Search for Nica,
the Rebellious Rothschild
Hannah Rothschild Pannonica Rothschild
(1913-88), known as ‘Nica’, was born into the
wealth and privilege of the famous banking
family. She married a baron and lived in the
world of tycoons, royalty and intelligentsia;
then in around 1948-9 she heard Thelonious
Monk play and gave up high society to follow
Monk and the jazz to New York. In this book,
Hannah Rothschild goes in search of her great
aunt and pieces together her unconventional life.
VIRAGO 2013 PB 319pp Illus
£8.99 21866 now £3.99
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BIOGRAPHY
George W Bush, the 43rd President of the
United States, gives a heartfelt account of the
life and leadership of his father, George HW
Bush, the 41st President. From his early years
in Greenwich, Connecticut, through wartime
service with the USAF in the Pacific to a
political career lasting three decades, the
younger Bush tells the story of the man he
admires and adores, and reflects on his father’s
influence on his own personal and political life.
NEW
41: A PORTRAIT OF MY FATHER
WH ALLEN 2014 HB 304pp Illus
£20.00 22813 now £7.99
Charles Williams Harold Macmillan
(1894-1986) was a figure of paradox: an
outward appearance of Edwardian elegance and urbanity concealing inner suffering – from his wife’s open adultery and
his progressive perplexity at the onward
march of time. In a biography described
by Martin Gilbert as ‘utterly compelling’,
Charles Williams addresses – among
many hitherto unanswered questions –
whether it was Macmillan’s personal life
that prevented him from achieving true
greatness or whether he became simply
out of date. PHOENIX 2010 PB 560pp Illus
HAROLD MACMILLAN
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’.
£25.00 97818 now £8.99
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 acclaimed account, Jackson describes the contours and
contradictions of a remarkable life and career and ‘Winston Churchill’s appointment
with destiny’. QUERCUS 2012 PB 432pp
CHURCHILL
£9.99 16642 now £4.99
Back by
popular
demand
£14.99 89975 now £4.99
Richard Attenborough; Diana Hawkins
A leading British actor of the 1940s and
1950s, Richard Attenborough’s work as a
director – of movies such as Oh! What A
Lovely War, Gandhi and Cry Freedom – is
probably his outstanding contribution to
film history. In this autobiography, he describes the struggles and triumphs of his
long career in show business as well as his
private life, including the tragic deaths of
his daughter and granddaughter in the
tsunami of 2004. ARROW 2009 PB 332pp Illus
ENTIRELY UP TO YOU, DARLING
Nicholas Rankin A classical scholar,
George Steer (1909-44) 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
£9.99 19447 now £3.99
£7.99 20238 now £3.99
WATER AND SKY
Voices from the Riverside
Neil Sentance This volume comprises the
Scenes from the Waterside sequence of essays that originally appeared on the ‘Caught
by the River’ website between 2010 and
2013. Celebrating the countryside with a
combination of lyricism and muddy realism, Sentance revisits his native Lincolnshire riverlands and fields, farms and
market towns, exploring the history of his
family and the landscape which shaped it.
With woodcut illustrations by Jonathan
Gibbs. LITTLE TOLLER 2014 HB 80pp Illus
£12.00 21312 now £5.99
A BOY’S OWN DALE
A 1950s Childhood in the Yorkshire Dales
Terry Wilson Growing up in rural Yorkshire in
the 1950s, Terry Wilson spent his youth fishing
with his homemade rod, grouse-beating for the
lady of the manor and growing prize-winning
vegetables. His story is told with humour and
charm, recalling a way of life in the Dales which
has passed into history. EBURY 2011 PB 221pp
£6.99 92535 now £2.99
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TELEGRAM FROM GUERNICA
The Extraordinary Life of
George Steer, War Correspondent
PEVSNER
The Early Life: Germany and Art
Stephen Games Nikolaus Pevsner was
among England’s greatest scholars of
architecture, whose work on modernism
and English architectural history transformed both subjects. Although he became
renowned for his Englishness, Pevsner was
born in Germany and only came to Britain
at the age of 31, forced by the Nazi regime
to adopt a new country and a new career.
In this first volume of his biography, Games
focuses on the years in Germany and
the issues of nationality and identity in
Pevsner’s life. CONTINUUM 2011 PB 256pp
£11.99 20601 now £4.99
Order line: 01626 897100
LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
NEW MAD GIRL’S LOVE SONG
Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted
Andrew Wilson More than 50 years after her death,
Sylvia Plath’s poetry still has the power to disturb.
This groundbreaking biography offers a comprehensive
picture of her formative years before her marriage to
Ted Hughes. Drawing on previously unavailable papers
and exclusive interviews with friends and lovers, it
charts her fierce ambition, her troubled relationship
with her father, and her many love affairs and suicide
attempts, to reveal the origins of a uniquely unsettling
poetic voice. SIMON & SCHUSTER 2013 PB 444pp Illus
£9.99 22706 now £4.99
Nicholas Fogg explores Shakespeare’s
life, from his family background and education in Stratford, through his career in
London, to 1616, when he finally shuffled
off this mortal coil. The book looks in detail at the circumstances and stories that
surround Shakespeare, and examines the
fortuitous combination of environment,
epoch and genius that created a writer ‘not
for an age but for all time’ (Ben Jonson).
HIDDEN SHAKESPEARE
JOHNSON AND BOSWELL
A Biography of Friendship
John B Radner ‘No, no, sir, that will not
do. You are good-natured but not goodhumoured. You are irascible.’ The friendship between the great lexicographer and
his pleasure-loving 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
£29.95 21158 now £9.99
£10.99 21550 now £4.99
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 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.
JAMES CLARKE 1997 HB 412pp Illus
20913 now £9.99
THE POETS’ DAUGHTERS
Dora Wordsworth
and Sara Coleridge
DANTE AND
THE MAKING OF
A MODERN AUTHOR
NEW
Albert Russell Ascoli traces the metamorphosis of Dante Alighieri from minor
Florentine aristocrat, political activist in
exile and daring experimental poet, into
Dante, author of the Commedia and
perhaps the most self-consciously ‘authoritative’ cultural figure in the Western
canon. The study is the first comprehensive introduction to Dante’s evolving,
transformative relationship to medieval
ideas of authorship and authority, from
the early Vita Nuova to the works of
his maturity, Monarchy and the Divine
Comedy. CAMBRIDGE UP 2011 PB 466pp
£39.99 21660 now £11.99
Katie Waldegrave Dora Wordsworth and
Sara Coleridge were lifelong friends. They
were also the daughters of best friends,
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, the poetic geniuses who shaped
the Romantic age. Drawing on many unpublished sources, this dual biography
charts for the first time the lives and friendship of these two remarkable women. Devoting their energies and talents to their
fathers’ literary reputations, they also wrestled with the darker legacy of fame, including anorexia, drug addiction and depression. HUTCHINSON 2013 HB 432pp Illus
£25.00 20544 now £11.99
Claire Tomalin In this superb biography,
Claire Tomalin gives full measure to Dickens’s heroic stature – his huge virtues both
as a writer and as a human being – while
observing his failings in both respects with
an unblinking eye. Reviewing the book
in The Guardian, William Boyd wrote,
‘what is so valuable about this biography
is the palpable sense of the man himself
that emerges’.
CHARLES DICKENS: A Life
PENGUIN 2011 HB 575pp Illus
$36.00 11017 now £7.99
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
NEW JULES VERNE’S SCOTLAND
In Fact and Fiction
Ian Thompson Jules Verne (1828-1905) is not
generally associated with Scotland, but his two
trips to the country so entranced him that he
wrote a travelogue and set five of his novels there.
As well as providing an account of his visits
to Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Highlands and the
Hebrides, this book analyses novels such as
The Blockade Runners and The Green Ray to
illuminate the French author’s lifelong fascination
with all things Scottish. LUATH 2011 HB 224pp Illus
£16.99 21844 now £6.99
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TRAVEL
GLOBETROTTER TRAVEL GUIDES
Practical, concise and clearly presented,
these user-friendly guides vividly evoke each
destination, describe its places of interest,
and suggest where to eat, stay, shop and relax.
Written by some of the most experienced travel
writers in the business, illustrated in colour
throughout and packed with street plans,
each guidebook is protected by a weatherproof
sleeve and includes a fold-out map.
HEW HOLLAND 2012 PB + Map 128pp Illus 180x127mm
£8.99/£9.99 each now £3.99 each
Lindsay Hunt Venice can be a bewildering place
for newcomers, a maze of alleys that may lead to
a stunningly beautiful church or be cut off abruptly
by a canal. All the more reason to rely on this
guide, which clearly sets out the main attractions of each sestiere or quarter,
and details boat services to the peaceful islands of the lagoon. 21800
NEW
NEW
EMPIRES OF THE INDUS
The Story of a River
Alice Albinia The Indus rises in Tibet to
flow west across India before turning
south through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea.
For millennia it has been worshipped as a
god; for centuries it has been a route of
imperial conquest. Following the mighty
river upstream, this highly acclaimed,
award-winning travelogue takes the reader
on a voyage through 2,000 miles of spectacular landscapes and fiercely contested
territory, and back through 5,000 years of
rich and eventful history.
JOHN MURRAY 2009 PB 384pp Illus
£12.99 22705 now £4.99
DANGEROUS WORK
Diary of an Adventure
Arthur Conan Doyle In 1880 a young
medical student named Arthur Conan
Doyle embarked on his first adventure as
ship’s surgeon aboard the Arctic whaler
the Hope. The illustrated diary in which
he recorded the action-packed voyage is
published here for the first time in a beautiful facsimile edition. The volume also
contains an annotated transcript, photographs of the ship and the young Conan
Doyle on deck with its officers, two
non-fiction pieces about his experiences,
and two tales inspired by them. BRITISH
LIBRARY 2012 HB 376pp Illus 250x215mm
£25.00 10734 now £12.99
THE DISCOVERY
OF JEANNE BARET
Glynis Ridley In 1765, Jeanne Baret
smuggled herself aboard a French naval
expedition on which her lover Philibert
Commerson was official botanist. Disguised as a boy, she carried heavy equipment, collected thousands of specimens,
took detailed scientific notes – and became
the first woman to circumnavigate the
globe. Drawing on painstaking research
and Baret’s recently discovered notebook,
this captivating book charts her thrilling
story and restores this forgotten heroine
to her rightful place in the history of science. American-cut pages. Felt-tip mark
on lower edge. CROWN 2010 HB 303pp Illus
$25.00 17553 now £6.99
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VENICE
Robin McKelvie; Jenny McKelvie
Since they regained their independence
from the Soviet Union, Latvia, Lithuania
and Estonia have drawn visitors to their
unspoilt coastlines, woods and lakes,
friendly, sophisticated cities, stunning
architecture, top-notch hotels and firstrate restaurants. Here in one volume is
all you need to know about the three
capitals, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius,
and many delightful smaller towns
and rural areas.
21785
NEW
BALTIC STATES
Christopher Rice; Melanie Rice
Located some 500 miles off the North
African coast, the island of Madeira is a
subtropical paradise, with volcanic
terrain covered in a profusion of
flowers and idyllic beaches extending
for miles. This richly informative guide
charts its history, landscape and
wildlife and details the attractions of
the lively capital Funchal.
21790
NEW
MADEIRA
BEST-KEPT SECRETS SERIES
BEST-KEPT SECRETS
OF IRELAND
Kevin Eyres Ireland is known throughout
the world for its natural beauty, rich cultural heritage and vibrant city life. Travelling across the four provinces of Ulster,
Connaught, Leinster and Munster, this attractive book explores the country’s most
celebrated sights and its best-kept secrets.
With almost 200 stunning colour photographs and a richly informative text, it
ranges from the rugged coast of the north
to elegance of Georgian Dublin, and from
the Giant’s Causeway to the Killarney
National Park.
FLAME TREE 2010 HB 192pp Illus 230x245mm
£15.00 19835 now £6.99
BEST-KEPT SECRETS
OF SCOTLAND
Photo. Dennis Hardley With its far-flung
islands, rugged highlands and deep freshwater lochs, the Scottish landscape is testimony to the power and strength of nature, while the nation’s eventful history
has left a rich legacy of castles, cairns,
Paul Harcourt Davies Greece is a
nation of rocky outcrops scattered
across the sparkling Aegean, fringed
by sandy beaches and dotted with
ancient temples and dazzling white
churches. This guide details the
sights and transport links of all the
major islands and many secluded
gems, along with those of Athens.
Includes a free PDF map for your
mobile.
21788
NEW
GREEK ISLANDS
Brian Richards Located at the heart
of the Mediterranean, the rugged
Maltese islands have been at the
crucible of history for millennia, and
their landscape and architecture are
unique. This book covers all the
sights, including the spectacular
fortress of Valetta, the ancient cities
of Mdina and Rabat and the quieter
island of Gozo. Includes a free
PDF map for your mobile.
21791
NEW
MALTA
elegant cities and mighty bridges. Illustrated with almost 200 colour photographs, this captivating book ranges
from the Western Isles to the English borders, via the glories of Glasgow and Edinburgh, to showcase Scotland’s worldfamous sights and hidden gems.
£15.00 19836 now £6.99
BEST-KEPT SECRETS
OF VENICE
Hugh Palmer ‘To build one of the most
elegant and grandest of cities where it is
impossible to build,’ wrote the Russian
poet Herzen, ‘is the madness of genius.’
Around 200 photographs and lively, informative descriptions in this magnificent
volume lead the reader through the
labyrinth of canals and bridges that is
Venice. From the splendour of St Mark’s
to remote islands in its lagoon, it reveals
the city’s compelling history of wealth,
power and intrigue. Slightly off-mint.
£15.00 19837 now £6.99
Order line: 01626 897100
SOCIAL/CULTURAL STUDIES/PHILOSOPHY
THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY
What Can We Learn
from Traditional Societies?
Jared Diamond A professor of geography at
UCLA, Jared Diamond looks back to humans’
former lifestyle through his own fieldwork in
traditional societies that still exist or were recently
in existence, such as the highland peoples of
New Guinea, Andaman Islanders, African Hadza
and North American Inuit. Diamond highlights
the many crucial lessons to be gleaned from
‘primitive’ societies, pointing to life decisions
that may help us live longer, healthier lives,
enjoy old age, and raise self-confident children.
VIKING 2013 HB 512pp Illus
$36.00 19907 now £6.99
Martin Cohen’s 101 problems include logical
loops, tricky ethical dilemmas, pesky numbers problems and ‘twelve traditional
philosophy problems no one really cares about anyway’. He uses these puzzles,
conundrums and paradoxes to introduce philosophy and its concerns in a very skilful
and entertaining way, banishing technical jargon and unreadable sentences. Now in
its fourth edition, the book has been extensively revised and updated with new
material and a new glossary. ROUTLEDGE 2013 PB 302pp
NEW
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF MIGRATION AND
MINORITIES IN EUROPE
From the 17th Century
to the Present
NEW
Ed. Klaus J Bade; Pieter C Emmer et al
Although central topics of concern in
contemporary Europe, migration, integration and multiculturalism have always been
part of its history. A scholarly overview of
migration within and into Europe since the
17th century, the Encyclopedia comprises
17 survey studies of the various regions
and countries of Europe, followed by
information on approximately 220 groups,
from African slaves in early modern Britain
to affluent British migrants to the Costa del
Sol in the late 20th century.
CAMBRIDGE UP 2011 HB 802pp Illus 277x217mm
£145.00 21668 now £19.99
101 PHILOSOPHY PROBLEMS
£16.99 21565 now £7.99
NEW UGLY
The Aesthetics of Everything
Stephen Bayley ‘The more you think
about ugliness, the more you look at ugliness, the more elusive the idea becomes.’
With the aid of illustrations as diverse as
a portrait of Lord Voldemort and a photograph of a B-52 bomber, the renowned
art and cultural commentator Stephen
Bayley chases the concept of ugliness,
posing questions such as: is it natural to
be disgusted; is science aesthetically neutral; and is ugliness a deterrent to success?
GOODMAN FIELL 2012 HB 172pp Illus
£25.00 21399 now £7.99
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE
Law and Letters in the 18th Century
Wilfrid Prest The 18th century lawyer,
writer and politician William Blackstone
was one of the most important and influential figures of his age, and the impact
of his ideas on English law is still felt today. Yet his name is little known outside
legal circles. Drawing on Blackstone’s
scattered archives, this absorbing and
meticulously researched biography ex-
THE CHAOS POINT
The World at the Crossroads
Ervin Laszio The world is at a turning
point, and the decisions we take now
will determine our very survival. In this
timely wake-up call, the acclaimed
philosopher Ervin Laszlo argues that if
we fail to tackle poverty, warfare and
climate change, we will soon reach the
point of irreversible breakdown. But it
is not too late, and this pioneering book
explains what each of us can do to help
save the planet. PIATKUS 2012 PB 256pp
£8.99 18323 now £3.99
plores his upbringing, private life and public career to paint a vivid picture of a brilliant man of letters, Enlightenment activist
and early champion of human rights.
OXFORD UP 2012 PB 375pp Illus
£22.99 11436 now £7.99
NEW
WILLIAM OCKHAM
Opera Politica IV
Ed. HS Offler This volume’s first three
polemical texts are Ockham’s Compendium errorum, attacking John XXII,
Breviloquium on the extent of papal power
and De imperatorum et pontificum potestate, against Avignon’s injustices and heresies. Two further treatises, attributed to
Ockham, attack Charles IV’s claim to
kingship in Germany and the papal proceedings against Lewis the Bavarian. Offler provides new editions of the Latin
text, with critical apparatus and short introductions discussing each work’s content, manuscript tradition and authorship.
No jacket.
BRITISH ACADEMY 1997 HB 502pp
£75.00 21613 now £11.99
THE ART OF DEATH
Visual Culture in the English
Death Ritual c.1500-c.1800
Nigel Llewellyn In contrast to our modern
customs of death, with their mostly
unostentatious brevity, the ritualized process
of dying and commemoration in pre-industrial
England was drawn out in ways which can
sometimes seem bizarre. The focus of this book
is the period’s rich culture of visual artefacts
connected with death – both the symbols and
devices which warned the living to ‘remember
their end’ and the monuments that were produced
to keep alive the memory of the departed.
REAKTION 1997 PB 160pp Illus
£10.95 18373 now £4.99
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ART
NEW SAMURAI, STARS OF THE
STAGE, AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Kunisada and Kuniyoshi:
Masters of the Colour Woodblock
NEW VAN GOGH AND THE
COLOURS OF THE NIGHT
Sjraar van Heugten; Joachim Pissarro;
Chris Stolwijk This exhibition catalogue
explores the ways in which the evening
and the night were a constant source of
inspiration to Van Gogh. In examining
over 100 paintings it addresses themes
such as tradition and modernity, rest at
the end of the day, the cycles of nature
and rural labour and the poetry of the
night. It also sheds light on Van Gogh’s
unique stylistic and technical methods
in achieving his extraordinary work.
Ed. Gunda Luyken; Beat Wismer
Originating as souvenirs of popular theatre
performances, inexpensive woodcut prints of
the actors appearing in these dramas became
a highly popular art form in Japan in the 19th
century. Kunisada and Kuniyoshi were two
of the leading exponents of the medium. This
exhibition catalogue gives a comprehensive
view of their work through over 450 colour
illustrations together with essays introducing
Japanese popular culture in the 19th century
and explaining the legends and plays depicted.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
HATJE CANTZ 2012 HB 306pp Illus 278x248mm
21439 now £9.99
£45.00 21438 now £19.99
Danjūrō VIII as Matsuwakamaru
Chōjurō by Kunisada, 1852
A HISTORY OF
WOOD ENGRAVING
Douglas Percy Bliss A 1,300-year-old
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 200x150mm
$14.95 19996 now £6.99
Black Briony by John Nash
Ruth Langenberg ‘The more materialistic science becomes
more I shall paint angels: their wings are my protest in favou
immortality of the soul’ – Edward Burne-Jones. After an intr
essay discussing angels in 19th-century art and culture and,
their roles in Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist art, Ruth Langen
presents over 60 reproductions of paintings of angels, from
monumental Angel of the Revelation to Chagall’s Archangel
carrying Adam back down to Earth. PRESTEL 2012 PB 128pp Il
ANGELS: From Dante Rossetti to Paul Klee
£14.99 18100 now £5.99
View of the Mound, Edinburgh by William Gawin Herdman, 1854
A CAPITAL VIEW
The Art of Edinburgh
Alyssa Jean Popiel Since the mid-18th century, Edinburgh’s
City Council has amassed over 4,500 artworks in a variety of
media – including drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture,
photography and tapestry – and the collection, which focuses
on Scottish art, continues to grow. In this handsome volume,
Popiel presents reproductions and detailed commentaries
on a selection of 100 works which depict Edinburgh and its
inhabitants, from a ‘prospect’ of the city by John Abraham
Slezer (c.1650-1717) to David Annard’s statue of Robert
Fergusson (2004). BIRLINN 2014 HB 224pp Illus 245x287mm
£25.00 19117 now £9.99
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ART
MASTERPIECES OF ART SERIES
Joseph Simas Described by Joseph Simas as
‘the Goblin Master’, Arthur Rackham (18671939) was one of the leading artists of the
golden age of illustration, first achieving
popularity with his illustrations for Rip Van
Winkle in 1905. Examples from that book are
among the 90 pictures reproduced here, along
with illustrations for works by Shakespeare,
children’s books, notably Peter Pan and
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, adult
fiction, Wagner’s Ring cycle and sihouettes
from Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty.
ARTHUR RACKHAM
£12.99 20221 now £6.99
Fee-fi-fo-fum by Arthur Rackham for
Flora Annie Steel’s English Fairy Tales, 1918
Alex Danchev Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
was the most radical artist of his day, the
bridge between the Impressionists and the
Modernists of the 20th century. Long
dismissed as a madman, he did not have
his first exhibition until he was 56. This
first major assessment to be published
in decades charts his fierce struggle
for recognition, his self-doubt, and his
controversial private life. The 86 colour
and 53 black-and-white illustrations
include a remarkable and revealing
series of self-portraits. Felt-tip mark
on lower trimmed edge. PANTHEON
CÉZANNE: A Life
$40.00 20343 now £9.99
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Candice Russell Edvard Munch (1863-1944),
the Norwegian artist who created the famous
Expressionist painting The Scream, was absorbed by themes of love, death and anguish
and combined colour and emotion in ‘an art that arrests and engages, an art created of
one’s innermost heart’. In this Masterpieces of Art volume Candice Russell gives a
succinct account of Munch’s life and art, followed by around 90 reproductions of his
paintings, arranged chronologically from early Naturalist works to his final selfportrait. FLAME TREE 2015 HB 128pp Illus 230x203mm
EDVARD MUNCH
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Michael Robinson
Beginning with Michael
Robinson’s introduction to
the ‘New Aesthetic’ of the
Arts and Crafts Movement,
this volume presents around
90 reproductions of textile,
ceramics and wallpaper
designs and miscellaneous
artworks by some of the
movement’s finest artists.
Along with perennially
Dragon design tile by William de Morgan, late 19th century
popular designs by CFA
Voysey, William Morris and John Henry Dearle, there are less familiar works, including
Edward Burne-Jones’s stained glass Viking Ship and The Tree of Personal Effort, a
watercolour by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. FLAME TREE 2015 HB 128pp Illus 239x213mm
ARTS & CRAFTS
£12.99 19900 now £6.99
ART NOUVEAU
Posters, Illustrations and Fine Art
from the Glamorous Fin de Siècle
Rosalind Ormistone; Michael Robinson
Lavishly illustrated with around 170
reproductions, this celebration of Art
Nouveau is in three parts, looking first
at the movement as a whole – a design
ethos that swept across Europe and America
between the late 19th century and the First
World War. Part two deals with the graphic
arts, including the posters of ToulouseLautrec and Alphonse Mucha, while the
final section explores the impact of Art
Nouveau in the fine arts, discussing artists
from Paul Gauguin to Gustav Klimt.
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Poster for the arts review magazine
L’Hermitage by Paul Berthon, 1897
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FASHION IN
IMPRESSIONIST PARIS
Debra N Mancoff The Paris of the
Impressionists was the fashion capital
of the world. How was this reflected
in their work? Featuring paintings by
Degas, Manet, Monet and Morisot,
this captivating book follows in the
footsteps of stylish Parisians – at home,
in cafes, in the park and on holiday;
and it uses vintage photographs and
prints to explore the worlds of
dressmaking, millinery and the
department store, providing fresh
insight into some of the most popular
paintings of the 19th century.
A LOVE LETTER
FROM A STRAY MOON
NEW
Jay Griffiths In this mesmerizing
prose poem Jay Griffiths creates
a fictionalized portrait of the
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, the
devastating accident that left her
unable to bear children, and her
love for Diego Rivera. It is also
about Kahlo’s sense of rebellion
and, in the words of Griffiths
herself, ‘the revolutionary fire at
the heart of art’. LITTLE TOLLER
2014 HB 118pp 209x160mm
£12.00 21310 now £7.99
MERRELL 2012 HB 160pp Illus 265x220mm
£24.95 94592 now £9.99
DOGS
History . Myth . Art
Catherine Johns In her ‘visual
celebration of the ancient relationship
between humans and dogs’, Catherine
Johns begins with a brief account of the
domestication of dogs since the earliest
times and their manifold roles in human
society. The main part of the book,
‘Dogs Depicted’, includes working
dogs, companions, jackals, wolves and
mythical monsters in works of art from
all cultures and in media as diverse as
ancient Egyptian gold amulets, ivory
netsuke, a painting by Stubbs and a
Late Minoan jasper seal. HARVARD UP
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David Weston David Weston (1935-2011) is best known as a railway
artist, but in this book he follows the success of his English landscapes
(David Weston’s England) with paintings from his travels around Britain –
where he does encounter a few locomotives – through Europe to Greece,
and home again to Kirby Bellars, Leicestershire. The 130 paintings
reproduced illustrate the versatility of an artist equally fascinated by
snow-clad mountains or cottage interiors, the Forth Bridge or Venetian
backwaters. HALSGROVE 2007 HB 168pp Illus 247x270mm
DAVID WESTON: An Artist at Home and Abroad
£34.99 19084 now £14.99
FAIRY ART
Artists and Inspirations
Iain Zaczek The Romantic era
was characterized by a renewed
interest in Britain’s own folklore
and legend, Druids and Celts –
and fairies. With reproductions
of over 150 paintings, this book
surveys the vogue for fairy art
that Romanticism inspired. It
looks in turn at the masters of
the genre – Richard Dadd,
Joseph Noel Paton, John Anster
Fitzgerald, John Atkinson
Grimshaw, Richard Doyle and
Arthur Rackham – and reveals
their influences in the works of
Shakespeare, pagan mythology
and ancient folklore. FLAME
TREE 2013 HB 200pp Illus 277x287mm
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Tom Lubbock In this book of 40 essays
on illustration, the renowned art critic
and illustrator Tom Lubbock (1957-2011)
focuses on English artists using graphic
media, the latter broadly interpreted to
include not only drawings and prints, but
works such as the Uffington White Horse
and Harry Beck’s Tube map. Lubbock’s
subjects range chronologically from the
Bronze Age to the 1970s, but with the
emphasis on the great artists of the late
18th and early 19th century: Palmer,
Blake, Fuseli and Bewick.
ENGLISH GRAPHIC
FRANCES LINCOLN
£20.00 17496 now £7.99
Ambleside by Francis Towne, 1786
Thus Your Fairy’s Made of Most Beautiful
Things by Sophie Anderson, 1869
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ART/PHOTOGRAPHY
NEW KODAK GIRL
From the Martha Cooper Collection
Ed. John P Jacob; Alison Nordstrom;
Nancy M West From its early days,
photography was considered a suitable pastime,
and even profession, for women; and when
Kodak developed mass-market cameras in the
1890s, it chose an ideal of American femininity
– the modern, adventurous ‘Kodak Girl’ –
as its publicity mascot. This handsomely
produced photographic collection mixes
Kodak advertising material from the first
two decades of the 20th century with the work
of early women studio photographers and
miscellaneous snapshots, showing the Kodak
Girl’s influence on contemporary women.
STEIDL 2011 HB 328pp Illus 257x215mm
Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte, 1877
£48.00 21435 now £11.99
Cover of the Kodak catalogue of 1925
FUTURISM
An Anthology
Ed. Lawrence Rainey; Christine
Poggi; Laura Wittman In 1909,
Marinetti published the first manifesto
of Futurism, the incendiary movement
in which literature, art and music would
transform the world rather than merely
reflect it. Within a decade, its utopian
ideals had become wedded to Fascist
politics, scarring its reputation for
decades. Now, in another period of
unprecedented technological change and
cultural conflict, this anthology of
Futurist manifestos, poems, plays and
images – the most complete ever
published in English – provides an
opportunity to reassess the movement’s
legacy. YALE UP 2009 HB 616pp Illus
Ed. Roberto Koch Presenting the work
of 20 photographers whose visions
‘have become part of our way of seeing’,
this volume contains some of the most
influential photographs of the last 100
years and includes such iconic images
as Robert Capa’s Death of a Militiaman
(1936), Walker Evans’s portrait of Allie
May Burroughs and Salgado’s photographs
of the Serra Palada Gold Mine (1986).
The book is arranged alphabetically, with
22 pages of large format reproductions
devoted to each photographer, from
Nobuyoshi Araki to August Sander.
MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS
FLAMMARION 2012 HB 448pp Illus 372x263mm
£80.00 21393 now £25.00
£40.00 21153 now £16.99
Young Girl in a Trailer at a Fair
by August Sander, 1926-32
PHYSIQUE
Classic Photographs
of Naked Athletes
Peter Kuhnst’s selection of over 150
images traces the history of the nude
athlete in photography from the mid-19th
century to the present. From Eadweard
Muybridge’s motion studies of runners
and javelin throwers, through European
Naturalism and Leni Riefenstahl’s work
under the Third Reich, to contemporary
photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe,
Bruce Weber and Annie Liebovitz,
the photographers’ styles range from
traditional to rebellious, humorous
and provocative. THAMES & HUDSON
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Christopher Brown This beautiful and unusual book contains more
than 200 linocuts, many in colour, celebrating the landmarks of
London and distinctive life of the city. From A for Queen Anne’s
Alcove in Kensington Gardens – not to mention Abbey Road – to Z
for London Zoo, via Shakespeare’s Globe, Hampton Court and the
Old Vic. In the final chapter, the artist explains the fascinating process
by which he created the linocuts. MERRELL 2012 HB 96pp Illus
AN ALPHABET OF LONDON
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Bangkok,
Thailand,
2002
Hans Kemp Dutch photographer Hans Kemp has
spent more than 20 years photographing Asia and the
East, always capturing the colour and atmosphere of
a scene in his images, but focusing on people in their
environments. This very large format, extravagantly
produced volume presents a selection of his most
powerful pictures, from a Vietnamese work gang and
Iranian shepherd boys to bewildered citizens in the
post-Communist Russia of the early 1990s, each
printed full page on high quality paper.
NEW
ARDENT EYE
VISIONARY WORLD 2005 HB 176pp Illus 377x275mm
H is for... Henry VIII, Hampton Court Palace, Hammersmith
Bridge, the Hoover Factory, Highlanders and more
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MASTERPIECES
Ed. Paul Negri These 39 pieces for intermediate and advanced pianists include some of the
greatest keyboard works of the era. Among the
composers represented are Bach, Buxtehude,
Couperin, Handel, Purcell and Scarlatti.
DOVER 2004 PB 150pp Illus 304x229mm
$14.95 19337 now £5.99
THE BOLEYN WOMEN
The Tudor Femmes Fatales
Who Changed English History
Elizabeth Norton traces the rise of the Boleyn
family and especially its women, from inauspicious origins in 14th-century Norfolk to the
throne of England in the 16th century.
£20.00 16729 now £7.99
THE CHANGING RAILWAY SCENE:
LONDON MIDLAND REGION
Derek Huntriss presents a collection of over
160 colour photos documenting the phasing out
of steam after 1955 and showing steam, diesel
and electric locomotives at work.
Written in 1950-54, Malcolm Saville’s stories for children are set in real places in
the English countryside and he encourages readers to seek out the locations of
the characters’ thrilling adventures. Age
8+ (in the 1950s) EVANS 2008 PB 207-223pp
THE BUCKINGHAM STORIES
THE MASTER OF MARYKNOLL
In this first story, Juliet and Simon meet the
young violinist Charles Renislau, set off on
a cycling holiday and encounter the sinister
Master of Maryknoll.
99826
THE BUCKINGHAMS
AT RAVENSWYKE
The second adventure finds Juliet and Simon
travelling to Whitby on the Yorkshire coast
to stay with Charles and his parents. 99824
Juliet, Simon and Charles visit Brighton
and become embroiled in a dramatic adventure in the ‘long passage’ under the
Royal Pavilion. Slightly off-mint. 99825
THE LONG PASSAGE
IAN ALLAN 2008 HB 96pp Illus 292x216mm
£16.99 16466 now £8.99
THE CHILD’S CHILD
Barbara Vine When Grace and her brother inherit their grandmother’s house, they decide to
move in together. But will splitting a house down
the middle work? Vine’s novel is an intriguing
examination of illegitimacy, homosexuality and
betrayal in families. PENGUIN 2014 PB 288pp
£6.99 23189 now £4.99
THE CHRONOLOGY OF PATTERN
Pattern in Art from
Lotus Flower to Flower Power
Diana Newall; Christina Unwin A richly illustrated sourcebook, this journey through 3,000
years of pattern styles reveals geographical and
cultural contrasts and connections from late
Bronze Age metalwork patterns to 21st century
textile designs.
A&C BLACK 2011 PB 288pp Illus 260x207mm
£25.00 11985 now £9.99
CIVIL ENGINEERING HERITAGE:
EAST ANGLIA
Peter Cross-Rudkin surveys landmarks in the
civil engineering history of East Anglia and includes a gazetteer of sites, from college bridges
in Cambridge to a medieval crane in Peterborough Cathedral. PHILLIMORE 2010 PB 176pp Illus
£18.99 19718 now £7.99
COMMUTER CITY
How the Railways Shaped London
David Wragg This absorbing study charts the
railways’ effect on the growth of London, its
layout, its governance and its society, and profiles the companies and individuals that drove
the process. WHARNCLIFFE 2010 HB 301pp
£19.99 11958 now £6.99
EDINBURGH ILLUMINATED
Jason Friend The powerful visual impact of
Edinburgh at night is captured in a collection
of 140 images by photographer Jason Friend,
offering a fascinating nocturnal perspective on
the city. HALSGROVE 2009 HB 144pp Illus
£14.99 17673 now £6.99
ENGINEERING
The Pre-Industrial Age
Dick Parry From the fall of Rome to the mid18th century, this book focuses on the achievements of pre-industrial European civil engineering, from large-scale drainage and land
reclamation projects to cathedrals and other public buildings. AMBERLEY 2013 PB 256pp Illus
£18.99 17118 now £8.99
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HITLER’S CHARISMA
Leading Millions into the Abyss
Laurence Rees Drawing on hundreds of unpublished interviews, Rees probes the enigma
of how a little Austrian corporal whom his army
comrades thought ‘odd’ bewitched a nation and
plunged the world into cataclysm. Felt-tip mark
on lower trimmed edge.
PANTHEON 2012 HB 354pp Illus 242x162mm
$30.00 19267 now £7.99
HITLER’S EARLY RAIDERS
Robert McQueen With eyewitness accounts
from British and German combatants, this book
describes some of the significant early skirmishes of the Second World War during the socalled ‘Phoney War’ (Sept 1939-May 1940).
WHITTLES 2011 PB 140pp Illus
£16.99 10556 now £5.99
THE KING MAKER
The Man Who Saved George VI
Geordie Greig Written by his grandson, this is
the biography of Louis Greig, a former rugby
international who partnered the future George
VI at tennis in 1926 and is credited with shaping
the Prince’s personality and character.
HODDER 2011 PB 350pp Illus
Comprising a CD of 21 recordings
such as Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet
Again, a DVD of newsreel footage,
and an illustrated booklet, this set offers a contemporary view of the children’s evacuation during the Second World War. GREEN LABEL
EVACUATION!
MUSIC 2009 DVD + Audio CD 22pp Illus 189x140mm
92454 now £6.99
GEORGE OSBORNE
The Austerity Chancellor
Janan Ganesh, political columnist for the
Financial Times, charts the arc of George
Osborne’s ascent to power and chronicles the
political era he helped to shape over two
decades. BITEBACK 2012 HB 330pp Illus
£20.00 16798 now £6.99
GIFTS AND DISCOVERIES
Ed. Mark Elliott; Nicholas Thomas In an illustrated introduction to the world-class collection of Cambridge University’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the authors set
the artefacts in historical and social contexts
and explain their use and significance.
SCALA 2011 PB 96pp Illus
£12.95 94616 now £4.99
GREEK ARCHITECTURE
AND ITS SCULPTURE
Ian Jenkins Drawing on the British Museum
collections, Jenkins’s illustrated study discusses
the construction and sculptural decoration of
great classical monuments such as the Temple
of Artemis at Ephesos.
HARVARD UP 2006 HB 271pp Illus 245x180mm
11779 now £7.99
HARDY HEATHERS
From the Northern Hemisphere
E Charles Nelson A Botanical Magazine
Monograph, this illustrated volume covers the
distribution, history, conservation, classification
and cultivation of Calluna, Daboecia and those
Erica species growing naturally in the northern
hemisphere. KEW 2011 HB 454pp Illus 246x190mm
£60.00 21148 now £25.00
HAUNTED BRITAIN
Richard Jones Divided into seven regions and
with over 200 colour images, this eerie travel
guide visits almost 100 haunted sites, from Bodmin Jail to Stanton Drew, where it is said the
devil played the fiddle.
AA 2010 HB 256pp Illus 258x228mm
£25.00 10898 now £8.99
£9.99 98941 now £4.99
LABYRINTH JOURNAL
Decorated with pale pink or lemon patterns by
Dwell Studio, this notebook has both ruled and
squared paper and a labyrinthine design on its
covers. CHRONICLE 2011 PB 188pp 180x125mm
$9.95 17174 now £3.99
LEARNING CHINESE
Julian K Wheatley A elementary course in
spoken and written Mandarin, this Yale textbook
provides the core materials for a first year
course, aiming for basic competence in conversation, pronunciation, the reading process, writing system and pinyin transcription.
YALE UP 2014 PB 502pp Illus 255x203mm
£35.00 21167 now £9.99
LITTLE BOOK OF BIG IDEAS:
MEDICINE
Dr Susan Alridge’s ‘little book’ covers thousands
of years of medical thinking and practice and 50
Featuring classic Haynes cut-away illustrations and specifications, these 1,000piece jigsaws are perfect for engineering
enthusiasts – and easier to put together
than a Jaguar E-Type. Actual puzzle size:
680 x 480 mm. DEMAND MEDIA 2013
HAYNES JIGSAWS
APOLLO LUNAR ROVER
This was the Lunar Roving Vehicle used
on Apollo missions 15-17.
20857
The four cars are: Jaguar E-Type, Triumph
Spitfire, Austin Healey 3000 and Triumph
TR7.
20854
GREAT BRITISH SPORTS CARS
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE
THUNDERBIRD 2
Thunderbird 2 is International Rescue’s
heavy-duty transporter aircraft.
20858
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION (ISS)
The ISS is a habitable artificial satellite in
low Earth orbit, and the largest man-made
structure in space.
20856
KLINGON BIRD-OF-PREY
(B’REL CLASS)
The Bird-of-Prey was first spotted in Star
Trek III: The Search for Spock.
20855
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major figures, from the Egyptian Imhotep to modern pioneers such as Francis Collins and Carl
Djerassi. A&C BLACK 2009 HB 128pp 185x125mm
£9.99 11994 now £4.99
LIFE ALONG THE LINE
Railways and People
Paul Atterbury This pictorial study of British
railways shifts focus away from the locomotives
– although they often steal the limelight – and
onto the people who ran railway services and
the people who used them. DAVID & CHARLES
£25.00 84315 now £12.99
THE LONDON &
BLACKWALL RAILWAY
Docklands’ First Railway
John Christopher presents a succinct, illustrated history of the London and Blackwall railway from original conception to the modern
Docklands Light Railway, which has brought
much of the old line back into use.
AMBERLEY 2013 PB 96pp Illus 230x165mm
£14.99 19322 now £4.99
THE LOST CITY
Old Aberdeen
Jane Stevenson; Peter Davidson Richly illustrated with photographs and reproductions, this
book explores the history of Old Aberdeen and
its heritage of fine architecture and works of
art. BIRLINN 2008 PB 176pp Illus 250x247mm
£14.99 11482 now £4.99
A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
Victoria, Albert and the Death
That Changed the British Monarchy
Helen Rappaport Drawing on sources ranging
from Royal Archives to popular newspapers,
this study offers a new perspective on the crucial
final months of Albert’s life and the first ten
years of Victoria’s mourning.
ST MARTIN’S 2011 HB 350pp Illus
$26.99 10852 now £7.99
MEDIEVAL BRITAIN
Henry Loyn From the signing of Magna Carta
in 1215 to Bosworth in 1485, Loyn tells the story
of peoples’ struggle to claim an effective role in
government. With drawings by Alan and Richard
Sorrell. First published in 1977. Age 10+
LUTTERWORTH 1977 HB 48pp Illus 251x197mm
20931 now £6.99
MUM’S FAVOURITE PUDDINGS
AND DESSERTS
Ed. Jane Birch As well as such irresistible dishes
as Chocolate Puddle Pudding, Birch presents
recipes for chilled soufflés, mousses and cheesecakes, ice creams, pies and desserts for celebrations. BOUNTY 2013 HB 192pp Illus 230x195mm
£14.99 99830 now £6.99
THE NOVEL CURE
An A-Z of Literary Remedies
Ella Berthoud; Susan Elderkin Whatever your
ailment, from Abandonment to Zestlessness,
here are words of comfort and recommended
reading. There are also strategies for specific
reading ailments such as excessive reverence
for books and lists of the ‘ten best novels’ for
particular needs. Book club edition. No jacket.
CANONGATE 2013 HB 462pp
£17.99 16699 now £5.99
ON THE ROAD TO BABADAG
Travels in the Other Europe
Andrzej Stasiuk From his home in Poland, Andrzej Stasiuk travelled through eastern Europe
to Babadag on the Black Sea, revealing an unknown Europe struggling to come to terms with
the legacy of communism. First published in
Poland in 2004. VINTAGE 2011 PB 269pp
£8.99 18971 now £3.99
DVD AND BOOK SETS
Brian Sharpe traces the history of the
world’s most famous locomotive in an illustrated book accompanying a film of the engine working since its return from Australia
in 1988. DVD running time: 55 minutes.
FLYING SCOTSMAN
DEMAND MEDIA 2014 HB + DVD
£12.99 20853 now £5.99
Andrew O’Brien In this film, raconteur
Peter Ustinov journeys across Europe on
the Orient Express in company with, among
others, Mata Hari and Boris Zaharoff. The
story of the train and its famous travellers
is told in the accompanying book. DVD
running time: 55 minutes. DEMAND MEDIA
THE ORIENT EXPRESS
2012 HB + DVD 128pp Illus 232x200mm
£12.99
20865 now £5.99
Pat Morgan Shot on location in Iceland,
Greenland and Newfoundland, this film follows the Vikings as they set out to explore
new lands. The DVD is accompanied by
Morgan’s illustrated Little Book of Vikings.
DVD running time: 40 minutes. DEMAND
THE STORY OF THE VIKINGS
MEDIA 2014 HB + DVD 112pp Illus 232x200mm
£12.99 20866 now £5.99
THE POCKET GUIDE
TO CLASSIC BOOKS
Maureen Hughes Opening up ‘the world of
the Classics to everyone, everywhere’, the
Guide provides basic information on literary
history and great writers, with whole chapters
on literary ‘giants’ Jane Austen, the Brontës and
Dickens. REMEMBER WHEN 2010 PB 288pp
£14.99 10990 now £4.99
PORTRAIT OF LOCH LOMOND
AND THE TROSSACHS
NATIONAL PARK
Andy Stansfield One of a series celebrating
the regions of Scotland in colour photographs,
this volume presents 140 images of the country’s
first National Park – 720 square miles of mountains and lochs.
Nick Papadimitriou Part memoir, part psychogeography, this book evokes a hidden topography of the 17 miles of unprepossessing low escarpment on the fringe of north London where
Papadimetriou has been wandering since childhood. SCEPTRE 2012 HB 271pp
SCARP
£20.00 10690 now £5.99
THE SCM PRESS A-Z OF
EVANGELICAL THEOLOGY
Roger E Olson This survey outlines the Evangelical movement’s theological vision and its
history before providing an alphabetical guide
to organizations, personalities, doctrines and
contentious issues such as Creationism.
SCM 2005 PB 333pp
£22.99 83632 now £6.99
SOUTH DEVON
This National Railway Museum jigsaw features
a view of the south Devon coast created for the
Great Western Railway and Southern Railway
by the poster artist Frank Newbould in 1945.
POMEGRANATE 1,000 piece jigsaw 635x508mm
$18.95 99353 now £6.99
THE THAMES AND HUDSON
DICTIONARY OF FASHION
AND FASHION DESIGNERS
Georgina O’Hara Callan In over 1,200 entries,
this ‘fashion bible’ provides information on the
life and work of every important designer between 1840 and the late 1990s, and on topics
ranging from fabrics to photographers. THAMES
& HUDSON 2008 PB 296pp Illus 210x150mm
£9.95 17612 now £4.99
THE TRACTION ENGINE
IN SCOTLAND
Alexander Hayward Inspired by the centenary
of the National Museum’s 1907 Marshall traction
engine, this is an illustrated history of traction
engine manufacture and use in Scotland since
around 1850. NMS 2011 HB 144pp Illus 187x243mm
£20.00 21064 now £9.99
U-BOATS AT WAR
The Inside Story of
the U-Boat Campaign
HALSGROVE 2008 HB 144pp Illus
This DVD draws on the testimony
of the last remaining survivors of the U-Boat
crews and uses rare archive photographs and
newsreel film to tell their story.
Running time 180 minutes.
£14.99 17671 now £6.99
PRACTICAL SEWING
TECHNIQUES
PEN & SWORD DIGITAL 2013 DVD
£9.99 18094 now £4.99
VIROLUTION
A&C BLACK 2011 PB 144pp Illus 275x220mm
COLLINS 2009 PB 400pp
Ruth Sleigh-Johnson A general introduction
to the basic skills of hand- and machine-sewing,
this excellent practical guide gives learners a
solid foundation from which to expand their
confidence in the craft.
£14.99 11996 now £5.99
ROMMEL AS MILITARY
COMMANDER
Ronald Lewin charts the course of Erwin Rommel’s military career, showing how the ‘Desert
Fox’ was a commander of genius, but lapses of
judgment, combined with strengthened Allied
defences and Hitler’s neglect led to defeat at El
Alamein in 1942.
Frank Ryan In his guide through the genetic
research opened up by the decipherment of the
human genome in 2001, Ryan explains its implications for our understanding of evolution
and the treatment of disease.
£12.99 17920 now £4.99
WE’LL MEET AGAIN
Britain at War
Maureen Hill From bomb damage to ration
queues, this collection of 350 Second World
War photographs from the Daily Mail archive
portrays a remarkable sense of cheerfulness in
the face of adversity on the Home Front.
ATLANTIC 2014 HB 160pp Illus 295x210mm
£7.99 20481 now £3.99
SAINT JACK
£16.99 16521 now £7.99
THE WEST COUNTRY
A Cultural History
PENGUIN 2011 PB 233pp
SIGNAL 2009 PB 283pp Illus
£8.99 99076 now £3.99
£12.00 99878 now £4.99
PEN & SWORD 2004 PB 274pp Illus
Paul Theroux’s novel presents the outrageous
confessions of Jack Flowers, saint or sinner,
who pushes his luck when he agrees to act as
blackmailer for a sinister American ex-pat.
John Payne explores the particular culture and
history of Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon
and Cornwall, from the builders of Stonehenge
to the artists of St Ives.
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WIVES AND
DAUGHTERS
Elizabeth Gaskell Following the
fortunes of Molly Gibson, whose
world is turned upside down when her father
remarries, Gaskell’s novel is read here by
Patience Tomlinson. Naxos Complete Classics.
Unabridged. 22 CDs; duration 271⁄2 hrs.
NAXOS AUDIOBOOKS 2010
£29.99 19181 now £7.99
WHAT DON’T YOU KNOW?
Philosophical Provocations
Michael C LaBossiere’s essays discuss issues
in contemporary politics, culture and society
through the lens of philosophy, tackling topics
ranging from true love to terror and torture.
CONTINUUM 2008 PB 206pp
£13.99 95271 now £4.99
WORKING WITH
MEDITATION
Practical Ways to Heal
and Transform Your Life
Madonna Gauding Beginning with an exploration of the basic methods and aims of meditation, this book describes how yoga, tai chi
and chi kung techniques can further enhance its
effectiveness.
GODSFIELD 2007 PB 133pp Illus 235x195mm
£12.99 98255 now £6.99
THE WORLDS OF
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Ed. Raymond Erickson In nine essays, scholars examine the political, religious, architectural,
literary and theatrical aspects of Bach’s area of
Germany and argue that the study of its richly
multifaceted culture is key to understanding his
genius. An Aston Magna Academy Book.
AMADEUS 2009 HB 357pp Illus 253x175mm
£28.50 99998 now £11.99
YOUTH AND BEAUTY
Art of the American Twenties
Ed. Teresa A Carbone Accompanying an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in 2011, this
volume focuses on American art between 1918
and the Great Depression, with five essays and
works by 67 artists including Georgia O’Keeffe,
Imogen Cunningham and Edward Hopper.
SKIRA RIZZOLI 2012 HB 304pp Illus 279x241mm
ACADEMIC TITLES
BERG ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
WORLD DRESS AND FASHION
Gen. Ed. Joanne B Eicher
Written for both academic and general
readers, the volumes of the Encyclopedia
focus on the 19th to early 21st centuries
and comprise essays on the full spectrum
of issues relating to dress and body modification, with topics ranging from Maori
moko to modern American leisure wear.
BERG 2010 HB 480-628pp Illus 275x208mm
£135.00 each now £40.00 each
Volume 3: THE UNITED
STATES AND CANADA
Ed. Phyllis G Tortora More than 70 essays
covering first nations, European and
other cultural groups in the USA and
Canada.
20315
Volume 4: SOUTH ASIA
AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
Ed. Jasleen Dhamija 63 Essays on 15
countries, including India, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
20316
Ed. John E Vollmer 59 essays on China,
Korea and Japan.
20317
Volume 6: EAST ASIA
Volume 7: AUSTRALIA,
NEW ZEALAND AND
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Ed. Margaret Maynard 75 essays deal
with both first nation and European dress
in Australia and New Zealand, and Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.
20318
AMBER 2009/11 HB 192pp Illus 242x190mm
THE SS: 1923-1945
Chris McNab examines the history and
development of the Schutzstaffel, from
its origins as Hitler’s personal bodyguard
to the millions-strong organization of
1939-45.
98435
Michael E Haskew focuses on the German
land forces, with chapters on pre-war development, command structures, infantry,
armoured formations, artillery and support
services.
98434
THE WEHRMACHT: 1935-1945
Andrekos Varnava Part of the Studies in
Imperialism series, this volume explores the
tensions underlying British imperialism in
Cyprus; and considers whether the assumptions
about imperial rule outside Europe hold true in
a ‘European space’.
£60.00 20654 now £9.99
THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY
OF ENGLISH ROMANTIC
LITERATURE
Ed. James Chandler With 28 essays covering
six decades of literary production from around
1776 to 1832, this authoritative volume is designed to provide both a narrative of Romantic
literature’s history and new readings of key
texts. CAMBRIDGE UP 2009 HB 794pp
£125.00 21630 now £30.00
CHOCOLATE, WOMEN
AND EMPIRE
A Social and Cultural History
Emma Robertson Revealing the hidden histories behind a luxurious commodity, Robertson
examines chocolate production from cocoa bean
to chocolate box, illuminating the dynamics of
gender, race and empire which have structured
the cocoa chain.
Volume 9: EAST EUROPE,
RUSSIA AND THE CAUCASUS
(Three volumes)
Ed. Djurdja Bartlett; Pamela Smith
These 64 essays cover a vast region, from
Poland to Siberia and south to Greece and
Cyprus.
20320
Gina Hames traces alcohol’s role in history
from its prehistoric origins to today’s consumer
society, and argues that the production, trade,
consumption and regulation of alcohol has
shaped virtually every civilization in numerous
ways. ROUTLEDGE 2012 PB 160pp
£24.99 21512 now £12.99
ALAN TURING’S
ELECTRONIC BRAIN
The Struggle to Build the ACE,
the World’s Fastest Computer
B Jack Copeland In 23 essays, including reports and lectures by Turing himself, this volume describes his most brilliant innovation –
the stored-program universal computer – and
his fundamental contributions to modern computing. OXFORD UP 2012 PB 579pp
£16.99 11130 now £6.99
ANGLO-CHINESE
ENCOUNTERS SINCE 1800
Wang Gungwu Based on Wang Gungwu’s series
of Smuts Commonwealth Lectures (2000), this
study examines the relationship between China
and imperial Britain beyond the clichés of opium
and fighting. CAMBRIDGE UP 2003 PB 212pp
£24.99 17712 now £7.99
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HERITAGE 2004 PB 408pp Illus 275x220mm
$110.00 11665 now £19.99
BRITISH IMPERIALISM
IN CYPRUS, 1878-1915
The Inconsequential Possession
Volume 8: WEST EUROPE
ALCOHOL IN WORLD HISTORY
These Data Books cover various aspects
of German military strategy and armed
forces in the Second World War, providing the historical background as well
as detailed facts and figures. Every volume is packed with tables, graphs,
charts and maps, illustrated with artworks and photographs, and contains
profiles of military and political leaders.
BOWHILL
Ed. Lise Skov 64 essays cover continental
west Europe, Italy, the British Isles and the
Nordic countries.
20319
£40.00 11050 now £19.99
WORLD WAR II
DATA BOOKS
The Essential Facts and Figures
Stuart R Blaylock This monograph demonstrates how examination of the construction materials and historical development of Bowhill,
a late medieval house near Exeter, were used
inform a repair programme, 1977-95. ENGLISH
£60.00 20663 now £12.99
THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF ST TERESA OF AVILA
Trans. E Allison Peers Based on the critical
edition of P Silverio de Santa Teresa CD, and
first published in 1946, this is the definitive three
volume edition of St Teresa’s prose and poetry,
in the justly celebrated translation by E Allison
Peers. BURNS & OATES 2002 PB 1,291pp
£119.97 22501 now £40.00
DUTCH: Biography of a Language
Roland Willemyns traces the history of the
Dutch language from the ancestors of Old Dutch
to modern standardization, placing special emphasis on the sociolinguistics of colonial Dutch.
OXFORD UP 2013 HB 307pp Illus 242x165mm
£22.50 19261 now £9.99
EDWARD SAID
A Legacy of Emancipation
and Representation
Ed. Adel Iskandar; Hakem Rustom In this
‘collective homage to an exemplary life lived
in the cause of humanism’, 29 eminent writers
share their responses to the work of Edward
Said. CALIFORNIA UP 2010 PB 566pp
£21.95 93875 now £8.99
THE EMPEROR’S
NEW MATHEMATICS
Western Learning and Imperial
Authority During the Kangxi Reign
(1662-1722)
Catherine Jami explores how mathematics and
imperial power interacted during the reign of
the Kangxi Emperor (1662-1722), who appropriated Westen learning as part of his plan for
establishing Manchu authority.
OXFORD UP 2012 HB 452pp 253x197mm
£31.99 17280 now £9.99
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THE CREATION OF
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
An Illustrated Thesaurus:
The Ark of God
John James Focused on Gothic buildings
within the Paris Basin, but with occasional
excursions, this series aims to provide an
overall chronology through the study of every available example of the various architectural elements, primarily using photographs, with commentaries and supported
by documents where they exist. No jackets.
Volumes 1 and 2 form the first part of the
study, dating buildings between 1170 and
1250 using a single repeatable type of decoration – carved foliage.
VOLUMES 1-2
WEST GRINSTEAD 2002 HB 1,624pp Illus
£695.00 21222 now £200.00
VOLUME 3
Using more than 3,000 photographs, part
two traces the evolution of foliate capitals
through the archaic capitals of the 60 years
prior to 1130.
WEST GRINSTEAD 2006 HB 726pp Illus
£395.00 21223 now £100.00
VOLUMES 4-5
Studying the evolution of foliate capitals,
these volumes survey formal capitals of
1130-1170: the work of carvers who
‘stepped into a world of creativity for which
there was no historic precedent’.
WEST GRINSTEAD 2008 HB 1,778pp Illus
£695.00 21224 now £200.00
ENGLAND’S RURAL REALMS
Landholding and the
Agricultural Revolution
Edward Bujak This study examines the attraction of owning land – despite the failing profitability of mixed farming – up to 1914 and
asks: by what mechanisms did the old order
continue to run the countryside? No jacket.
TAURIS ACADEMIC 2007 HB 280pp
£59.00 69524 now £9.99
ENGLISH EPISCOPAL ACT II & III
Canterbury 1162-1205 (Two volumes)
CR Cheney; BEA Jones; E John First published
in 1987, this two-volume work presents the Latin
texts, with annotations, of the Acta of Archbishops
Thomas Becket, Richard of Dover, Baldwin of
Forde and, in the second volume, Hubert Walter.
With a substantial introduction and index.
BRITISH ACADEMY 1991 PB 755pp Illus
£35.00 21593 now £9.99
‘AN EXACT AND
INDUSTRIOUS TRADESMAN’
The Letter Book of Joseph Symson
of Kendal, 1711-1720
Ed. SD Smith Joseph Symson was an inland
merchant in Kendal in Lakeland. His letter book
illuminates two worlds: the insular, close-knit
society of north-west mercantile families; and
the commercial communities of traders in London, Liverpool and Manchester.
BRITISH ACADEMY 2002 HB 938pp
£85.00 21585 now £12.99
FIGHTING FASCISM
The British Left and the
Rise of Fascism, 1919-39
Keith Hodgson examines the analyses of fascism put forward by British socialists and communists, explains the anti-fascist strategies they
proposed, and assesses the reasons for their effectiveness. MANCHESTER UP 2010 HB 256pp
£65.00 20694 now £9.99
THE FIRST CLASH
The Miraculous Greek
Victory at Marathon
Jim Lacey Reconstructing the tactical and
strategic scenario of Marathon in 490 BCE, Jim
Lacey offers his appraisal of one of the world’s
pivotal battles and its impact on western civilization. American-cut pages. Slightly off-mint.
BANTAM 2011 HB 263pp
$26.00 97363 now £9.99
GEORGE GASCOIGNE
Gillian Austen This scholarly study of George
Gascoigne, the most inventive and influential
of the early Elizabethan poets, addresses the
full range of personae which Gascoigne cultivated, including the figure of the Reformed
Prodigal. DS BREWER 2008 HB 256pp
£50.00 93281 now £12.99
THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS
Rodolphe Kasser; Gregor Wurst This is the
first critical edition of Codex Tchacos, containing
the lost Gospel of Judas, the Letter of Peter to
Philip, James, and a previously unknown book
of Allogenes; with complete Coptic text and English and French translations. NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC 2007 HB 320pp Illus 235x175mm
£25.00 19265 now £7.99
THE HERALD IN LATE
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
Ed. Katie Stevenson In this volume ten scholars from across Europe discuss heralds’ diverse
roles and experiences in the late Middle Ages,
a significant period in the development of the
office of arms. BOYDELL 2009 HB 218pp Illus
£50.00 98817 now £19.99
JEWS IN ITALY UNDER FASCIST
AND NAZI RULE, 1922-1945
Ed. Joshua D Zimmerman Each of these 18
essays deals with a different aspect of Italian
Jewry under Fascist and Nazi rule, from the historical legacy of the ghettoes (an Italian invention from 1516) to the role of the Pope in rescuing Jews from the Holocaust. No jacket.
CAMBRIDGE UP 2005 HB 396pp Illus
£39.99 21703 now £11.99
NAZI EMPIRE
German Colonialism and
Imperialism from Bismarck to Hitler
Shelley Baranowski From the Unification of
Germany in the 1860s and Bismarck’s Second
Empire to the Third Reich, global war and the
‘Final Solution’, Baranowski explores German
history ‘as a problem of empire’. No jacket.
CAMBRIDGE UP 2011 HB 380pp Illus
£64.99 21028 now £14.99
A NEW ACCOUNT
OF THE EAST INDIES
Alexander Hamilton; Ed. Sir William Foster
Originally published in 1727, Hamilton’s narrative of his experiences as an East India Company trader and Bombay marine force commander gives valuable detail about British
involvement in Asian trade. Edited by Sir
William Foster (1930). Facsimile reprint. No
jacket. ISRAEL/DACAPO 1970 HB 520pp
84195 now £9.99
PROJECTION AND REALISM
IN HUME’S PHILOSOPHY
PJE Kail considers what it is about Hume’s
writing that occasions the use of the metaphor
of ‘projection’ by commentators and how it can
be reconciled with what is ‘realist’ in Hume’s
work. OXFORD UP 2010 PB 296pp
age of consent in the British empire, examining
the politics of sexuality in Sierra Leone, England,
India and Australia.
£55.00 20783 now £12.99
SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORIES
AND COUNTER-HISTORIES
Ed. Dermot Cavanagh; Stuart HamptonReeves; Stephen Longstaffe After an introduction by Stuart Hampton-Reeves, 12 essays
explore official and unofficial versions of the
past, histories and counter-histories, in the plays
of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
£50.00 20785 now £9.99
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE AND
THE SUNDAY LETTER IN
ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
Ed. Dorothy Haines This volume presents the
six Old English versions of the Sunday Letter
text, with facing translations, commentary and
glossary, and discussion of the development of
Sunday observance. DS BREWER 2010 HB 268pp
£60.00 17959 now £19.99
THE TRADITION OF
SCOTTISH PHILOSOPHY
A New Perspective
on the Enlightenment
Alexander Broadie As a counter-balance to the
usual focus on the Scottish Enlightenment, this
study looks at the evolution of philosophy in
Scotland from the beginning of the 15th century,
relating pre-Enlightenment ideas and concerns
to those that followed.
JOHN DONALD 2011 PB 192pp
£14.99 11514 now £6.99
VOICES OF THE
ENGLISH REFORMATION
A Sourcebook
Ed. John N King This selection of verse,
drama, fiction and non-fictional prose juxtaposes works by Protestants and Roman
Catholics, laypeople and clerics, men and
women, commoners and queens. No jacket.
PENNSYLVANIA UP 2004 HB 410pp Illus
$69.95 10644 now £19.99
THE WHITE MAN’S BURDENS
An Anthology of British
Poetry of the Empire
Ed. Chris Brooks; Peter Faulkner From
George Chapman’s ‘Of Guiana, an Epic Song’
(1596) to Fred D’Aguiar’s ‘At the grave of the
Unknown African’ (1993), this anthology offers
a cross section of British poetry of Empire.
EXETER UP 1996 PB 405pp
£15.00 34871 now £5.99
WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Struggles and Feminism
in Britain c.1770-1970
Fiona A Montgomery Part of the Documents
in Modern History series, this volume traces
the progress of women’s rights through a collection of documents organized by seven
themes: the law, marriage and motherhood, education, work, politics, health and sexuality. No
jacket. MANCHESTER UP 2006 HB 288pp
£50.00 20808 now £12.99
£24.00 86838 now £7.99
SEX, POLITICS AND EMPIRE
A Postcolonial Geography
Richard Phillips investigates controversies surrounding prostitution, homosexuality and the
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RELIGION
NEW CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY
The Classics
Shawn J Bawulski; Stephen R Holmes This book
provides an introduction to 31 classic theological
texts which illustrate the history of Christian
thought, from the early Church (Irenaeus, Origen,
Athanasius) to the late 20th century (Rosemary
Radford Ruether, George Lindbeck). Each chapter
begins with information about the life and
historical context of the text’s author, followed
by a synopsis of its content and themes, together
with an outline of the main criticisms which have
been levelled at its arguments and theology.
£18.99 21517 now £8.99
NEW SACRED TIBET
Imagination, Magic and Myth
Philip Rawson The unique art inspired
by Tibet’s cultural amalgam of shamanism
and Buddhism is meant to be of specific
use and spiritual benefit to everyone.
Rawson discusses a wealth of photographs
which depict not only the artistic
productions of the past but also the
activities of the present-day monks who
continue ancient traditions, with their
mandalas, mantras and meditation offering
‘powerful, untarnished and coherent
alternatives to Western egotistical
lifestyles’.
BAND OF ANGELS
The Forgotten World of
Early Christian Women
Kate Cooper Among the defining figures
of early Christianity were many remarkable women – from the villagers of Galilee
to the empresses Helena and Eudoxia –
whose influence helped to spread the word
of the new religion, one household at a
time. This book offers a fresh assessment
of familiar texts about the women of Christian history and legend, prompting the
reader to re-examine assumptions about
the role of women in Christian ministry.
ATLANTIC 2014 PB 367pp
THAMES & HUDSON 2012 PB 128pp Illus
£9.99 19963 now £4.99
Simone Weil Wrestling with the moral
dilemmas entailed by commitment
to the Catholic Church, Letter to a
Priest is a meditation on the perennial
battle between faith and doubt and
resonates today as much as it did
when it was first written in 1942.
This edition also includes the essay
‘Human Personality’ (1943), in
which Weil offers a brilliant and
unorthodox account of the preciousness
of human beings. Foreword by
Raimond Gaita. From the
Routledge Great Minds series.
NEW
£7.95 22707 now £3.99
LETTER TO A PRIEST
£13.99 21533 now £6.99
HERETICS
The Creation of Christianity from
the Gnostics to the Modern Church
Jonathan Wright reveals ‘just how
fascinating, supple and boisterous
Christianity has been’ as he tells the
history of the faith through the dissenting
voices of heretics who compelled the
Church to refine and impose its beliefs.
He takes the reader through the intricacies
of each heresy and tells the stories of the
most prominent figures, from Marcion
and his efforts to distinguish the new
religion from Judaism, through Luther
and Calvin to those who embraced
America’s promise of freedom of religion.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN 2011 HB 350pp
$28.00 11807 now £5.99
THE PADDINGTON PROPHET
Richard Brothers’s Journey to Jerusalem
Deborah Madden The messianic messages and
visionary hopes for a new Jerusalem of the selfstyled prophet Richard Brothers (1757-1824) are
central to the religious politics and culture of the
1790s. This first full-length study probes into his
apparently idiosyncratic writings and ‘enthusiasm’,
reveals the power and internal logic of his theology
and shows that his ‘prophetic imagination’ arose
from the same rich theological, political and
cultural context that inspired radicals and artists
such as Tom Paine and William Blake.
$90.00 20754 now £9.99
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UNDERSTANDING
THE QUR’AN TODAY
Mahmoud Hussein is the pseudonym
of two French political writers of Egyptian origin, whose bestselling work engaging with the debate on Islam and
modernity is now available in English.
In 20 short chapters they examine three
propositions: that God’s Word maintains
a living link with the historical context
of its revelation; that it takes the form of
an exchange between Heaven and Earth;
and that the Qur’an enunciates different
orders of truth. SAQI 2013 PB 176pp
£10.00 19949 now £4.99
Order line: 01626 897100
SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS
A SLICE OF Pi
All the Maths You Forgot
to Remember from School
Liz Strachan Using her long experience of making
maths fun in the classroom, Liz Strachan presents
66 bits of trivia which explain useful number
tricks and mnemonics alongside tales of the great
mathematicians of the past, from the ten-year-old
Gauss’s precocious feat of addition and Babbage’s
pedantic literary criticism to Fermat’s famous Last
Theorem. CONSTABLE 2009 PB 175pp Illus
£7.99 21421 now £2.99
HOW TO MAKE A TORNADO
The Strange and Wonderful Things
That Happen When Scientists Break Free
EXPLORING
THE WEATHER
NEW
Brian Clegg’s engaging illustrated guide
explains both the complex systems which
cause different weather conditions and the
problems we still face in developing models to make more accurate long- and shortterm predictions. From the terror of lightning and tornadoes to the calm beauty of
sunsets and rainbows, he urges us to look
anew at the wonders of the planet’s atmosphere; but also considers the threats
posed by solar flares, extreme weather
and climate change.
VIVAYS 2013 HB 192pp Illus 245x190mm
£19.95 22786 now £7.99
EXPLORING
EVOLUTION
NEW
Michael Alan Park What does it mean
to say that we share 99% of our genes
with chimpanzees, or that languages can
‘evolve’? What is a genome? How have
ideas about human evolution changed the
way we view the world and our fellowcreatures? Do all living things continue
to evolve? This book offers a straightforward explanation of the basic principles
of evolutionary theory, its role in the history of science and the controversies it
has caused from Darwin to the present
day. VIVAYS 2012 HB 160pp Illus 254x190mm
£19.95 22784 now £7.99
EXPLORING
THE UNIVERSE
The Illustrated Guide
to Cosmology
NEW
Brian Clegg Where did the universe
come from; and when and how might it
end? From ancient Egyptian and Greek
conceptions of the universe to the latest
cosmological theories and research conducted using the Large Hadron Collider,
Clegg traces humanity’s development of
new ways to observe the skies and to account for the existence of everything. He
also delves into the mysteries of supernovae, black holes, quasars, pulsars and
the ‘dark matter’ that might explain the
odd behaviour of galaxies.
VIVAYS 2012 HB 200pp Illus 243x190mm
£19.95 22785 now £7.99
Ed. Mike O’Hare ‘Science’, writes O’Hare, ‘can fire
the imagination like nothing else. And sometimes it’s
daft’. Drawn from the archives of New Scientist, here
are some of the dafter experiments, with reports of research in every area of scientific endeavour – from
nuclear physics (plans, in 1957, for an atomic-powered
train) to medical research (the orgasmatron implant
for sexual dysfunction) and space travel (how to dispose of astronauts’ underpants). PROFILE 2009 PB 224pp
£7.99 84683 now £3.99
Russell Stannard The last few centuries have
seen a huge expansion in our understanding
of the world around us, but are we approaching the limits of what it is possible to discover?
In this summary of the challenges facing modern science, Russell Stannard argues that there
are questions, such as the nature of time, the
size of the universe or what constitutes consciousness, which we may never be able to
fully explain. OXFORD UP 2010 HB 236pp
THE END OF DISCOVERY
THE ABACUS
AND THE CROSS
The Story of the Pope
Who Brought the Light of
Science to the Dark Ages
Nancy Marie Brown As the year 1000
loomed, the ‘Scientist-Pope’ Sylvester
II was concerning himself less with millennial fears of the Antichrist than with
solving geometrical conundrums. The
leading mathematician and astronomer
of the day, he introduced Christians to
Arabic numerals and zero, invented
new scientific instruments and wrote
treatises on logic and acoustics. This
biography challenges the popular image
of the ‘Dark Ages’, showing how intellectuals pursued their belief in the profound connection between the rational
and the divine. BASIC 2010 HB 320pp Illus
£16.99 16779 now £7.99
£14.99 17282 now £5.99
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
One Man’s Attempt
to Explain the Big Stuff
Marcus Chown Why do we have sex? What
is money? Does time exist? In this lucid, witty
and hugely entertaining book, the bestselling
author of We Need to Talk about Kelvin and
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You applies his
deep understanding of complex systems to the
mysteries of life, the universe and everything
– from evolution to electricity, from the human
brain to the cosmos. In an age of information
overload, it offers a painless crash course in
21st-century existence. FABER 2013 HB 448pp
£17.99 19885 now £6.99
PHILIP’S GUIDE TO
STARS AND PLANETS
Patrick Moore ‘Strictly for newcomers’ and now
a classic, Sir Patrick Moore’s practical guide to
the night sky is for observers with the naked eye,
binoculars or a telescope. After chapters on the
Moon (with Moon maps), the Sun, the planets,
stars and galaxies, it provides detailed maps of all
the constellations, with notes on the main stars and
other interesting objects. PHILIP’S 2013 PB 256pp Illus
£9.99 20183 now £4.99
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FOLKLORE/MYTHOLOGY
NEW THE POLTERGEIST
PRINCE OF LONDON
The Remarkable True Story
of the Battersea Poltergeist
Shirley Hitchings; James Clark One afternoon in 1956, a small silver key appeared on Shirley Hitchings’s bed at her
home in Battersea, south London. This
seemingly insignificant event was the beginning of one of the most mysterious
hauntings in British history. The spirit,
known as ‘Donald’ started communicating
by tapping, but progressed to writing and
making incredible claims about his identity. This book presents the full story, including Donald’s writings, told by Shirley
Hitchings herself.
HISTORY PRESS 2013 PB 320pp Illus
£9.99 22752 now £4.99
THE MASONIC MAGICIAN
The Life and Death of Count
Cagliostro and His Egyptian Rite
Philippa Faulks; Robert L D Cooper In
the years leading up to the French Revolution, Count Alessandro Cagliostro won
fame and suffered ridicule for sincerely
believing in the magical powers conferred
by his Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry. The
Masonic Magician tells the story of his
celebrity and his abrupt downfall when
he was arrested and condemned to death
by the Inquisition. The book also features
the first English translation of the Egyptian Rite, followed by a commentary offering an interpretation of its symbolism.
WATKINS 2008 HB 235pp Illus
$24.95 20162 now £7.99
Soraya Explaining the meaning of terms such as
Wicca and witch, this introduction to the concepts
and practices of Paganism espouses the core beliefs
of reverence for nature, the earth, the elements and
the seasons, and explains the different paths open
to anyone seeking to become a witch. The book
also includes information on cycles of the moon and
stars, casting circles, spells, rituals and initiations.
NEW
THE WITCH’S COMPANION
GEDDES & GROSSET 2015 PB 224pp
£7.99 21560 now £3.99
Soraya’scookbook exemplifies the belief that
a meal made with love is a way of passing that
energy on to friends and loved ones. Arranged by
the Wiccan year, from Samhain (31 October),
through Yule and Beltane to Mabon (21 September),
the recipes include dishes for each course, from
soups to bread, desserts and drinks, together with
information on the festivals and the foods associated with them.
NEW
THE KITCHEN WITCH
GEDDES & GROSSET 2012 PB 224pp
£7.99 21558 now £3.99
A BRIEF HISTORY
OF THE DRUIDS
Peter Berresford Ellis The Druids have
been perceived, and misunderstood, in
many different ways – from the barbaric
priests making human sacrifices the Romans described, to ancient exponents of
‘New Age’ philosophy. Peter Beresford
Ellis sifts through archaeological, etymological and Greek and Roman written evidence to provide a fully researched account of the Druids, revealing them as the
intellectual caste – the doctors, lawyers,
ambassadors and advisers – of ancient
Celtic society.
ROBINSON 2002 PB 304pp Illus
£8.99 25634 now £3.99
ON THE TRAIL
OF KING ARTHUR
A Journey into Dark Age Scotland
Robin Crichton The legend of King
Arthur has resonated down the centuries,
but what is the truth behind the myth?
This book compares early written records
with the archaeological evidence to provide a compelling account of a Celtic hero
who made peace with the Picts before
marching south to stop the Saxon invasion
in its tracks. Extensively illustrated with
colour photographs, maps and archival
images, it includes details of sites to visit.
GARLANDS, CONKERS
AND MOTHER-DIE
British and Irish Plant-Lore
Roy Vickery Throughout the British Isles,
plants have always had symbolic meanings as well as practical uses as food,
medicine and dyes. This fascinating book
surveys the plethora of beliefs, customs
and evocative local names that has surrounded them, from the Middle Ages to
the present day. Illustrated with line drawings and colour plates, this evocative pot
pourri of folklore encompasses friendship
bushes and festive garlands, herbal remedies and harvest rituals, and plants said to
foretell births and deaths.
CONTINUUM 2010 HB 240pp Illus
£18.99 20578 now £7.99
JACK AND THE DEVIL’S PURSE
Scottish Traveller Tales
Duncan Williamson These 20 tales give a
fascinating insight into Traveller beliefs
about evil, temptation and suffering in
which the Devil exists not to punish, but to
outwit you in a contest of intelligence and
knowledge. This is an expanded edition of
Williamson’s bestselling May the Devil
Walk Behind Ye! BIRLINN 2011 PB 224pp Illus
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A BRIEF GUIDE TO
CELTIC MYTHS AND LEGENDS
NEW
Martyn Whittock The pre-Christian beliefs of Celtic communities from Brittany
to Scotland gave birth to stories of gods
and giants, fierce warriors, shape-shifting
monsters and even severed heads that talk.
Whittock introduces the reader to the
world of this folklore, using evidence
from Greek and Roman inscriptions,
recent archaeological research into ancient
Celtic culture and the versions of legends
preserved both in medieval manuscripts
and in oral traditions from different
regions. RUNNING PRESS 2013 PB 352pp
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THE QUACK DOCTOR
Historical Remedies for All Your Ills
Caroline Rance Delving into the colourful
history of quackery, this book investigates the
inventive ways in which quack remedies were
promoted and shows how practitioners such as
Dr Gardner, whose museum of bogus intestinal
parasites frightened people into buying his worm
medicine, or the cancer-curers whose methods
could be as painful as the cancers, sometimes
offered what the medical profession could not –
hope. HISTORY PRESS 2013 HB 224pp Illus
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TREVOR BEER’S COUNTRY
FOLKLORE AND LEGEND
Trevor Beer Author and naturalist Trevor
Beer is well known for his Nature Watch
column in the Western Morning News.
Drawing on his lifelong passion for
wildlife and country lore and legend, this
book features stories about the British
countryside, from ancient Celtic beliefs
and old recipes and curatives to animal
behaviour. Illustrated by the author’s own
drawings, the book provides a charming
source of reference for all those who love
wildlife and the countryside.
HALSGROVE 2006 HB 104pp
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BLIND OSSIAN’S FINGAL
Fragments and Controversy
James Macpherson The poems of Ossian, Highland bard of the third century,
inspired the Romantic movement when
they were ‘rediscovered’ and translated
by James Macpherson in 1760. This volume is an introduction both to the poetry
and to the continuing controversy about
it: was it a hoax, entirely the work of
Macpherson’s imagination, or does it form
part of a great Gaelic oral tradition? The
texts of Fragments of Ancient Poetry and
Fingal are reprinted here, together with
contemporary and modern opinions. No
jacket. LUATH 2011 HB 224pp Illus
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ATLAS OF
EPIDEMIC BRITAIN
A Twentieth Century Picture
Matthew Smallman-Raynor; Andrew
D Cliff Covering the period from the
publication of Charles Creighton’s A History of Epidemics in Britain in 1891 to
the first decade of the 21st century, this
atlas presents an historical geography of
epidemics. After general chapters on the
mapping of epidemics, it deals with common infections 1901-45, epidemics during both world wars, and infectious diseases after 1945, from diphtheria,
tuberculosis and poliomyelitis to the
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Robert Richardson Although first published over 50 years ago, Richardson’s
‘broad outline of the evolution of modern
surgery’ remains an absorbing account of
great surgeons and surgical breakthroughs,
written for both professional and general
readers. The book covers all the major types
of surgery and ranges in date from the discovery of anaesthesia to the first heart transplants, on the verge of modern practice. This
new edition includes a great deal of new
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THE COMPLETE
PILATES TUTOR
A Structured Course to
Achieve Professional Expertise
Alan Herdman; Gill Paul This is a concise,
illustrated manual for anyone who wants to
take Pilates seriously, either as an advanced
practitioner or as a teacher. After explaining
the anatomy that must be understood to perform Pilates correctly, a section of beginner
exercises is followed by the 34 original,
more advanced exercises. The final section
offers advice on setting up as an instructor,
and exercise programs designed to help specific injuries. GAIA 2014 PB 256pp Illus
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expert physiotherapists and exercise
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of conditions such as diabetes and
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the first explains the condition, the
second outlines a strategy for ‘helping yourself to health’; and the third
describes and illustrates appropriate exercises. A&C BLACK 2011 PB
THE STORY OF SURGERY
An Historical Commentary
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YOGA FOR LIFE
How to Stay Strong, Flexible
and Balanced Over 40
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
Josephine Fairley Designed for the over
40s, this comprehensive guide to Yoga
gives appropriate advice on posture, exercise, avoiding injury and finding inner
calm. A founder of the Wellington Centre
who has practised yoga since childhood,
Fairley provides step-by-step, illustrated
directions for a range of poses and sequences as well as suggestions for diet and
help with a number of common problems,
including headaches and sleeplessness.
KYLE 2012 PB 224pp Illus 250x210mm
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FICTION
James Aitcheson’s action-packed novel is set
in 1071: five years after the Battle of Hastings
and only a determined band of rebels in the
Fens holds out against King William; but now
they face the Norman king’s loyal knight, the
proud and ambitious Tancred.
NEW
KNIGHTS OF THE HAWK
Norah Lofts Best-selling historical novelist Norah Lofts tells
the story of Sir Walter Raleigh’s relationship with the two
women who dominated his life: Elizabeth, his queen, and Bess,
her lady-in-waiting and his secret wife.
HERE WAS A MAN
HISTORY PRESS 2009 PB 192pp
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PREFACE 2013 HB 448pp
Norah Lofts Set in postRevolutionary France, this
biographical novel follows
the plight of Hortense
Beauharnais after her mother
marries Napoleon Bonaparte
and she is pressed into an
abusive marriage with the
Emperor’s brother. First
published in 1971.
A ROSE FOR VIRTUE
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NEW THE FALSE VIRGIN
An Historical Mystery
The Medieval Murderers Butterflies found
on the murdered body of the virginal Bernwyn
of Lythe were taken as a sign from God. She
became a saint, but bitter rivalry breaks out
wherever St Bernwyn is venerated. Have
centuries of people set up shrines to a false
virgin? SIMON & SCHUSTER 2014 PB 428pp
HISTORY PRESS 2009 PB 256pp
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AFTER FLODDEN
Rosemary Goring In 1513, in the aftermath
of Flodden, a young woman is searching for
her brother lost on the battlefield. Five
centuries after the battle, the story of those
violent, blood-soaked times is brought to life
by Rosemary Goring in a novel rich in history,
political intrigue, high adventure and romance.
POLYGON 2013 HB 336pp
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NEW THE LOST DUCHESS
Jenny Barden’s novel follows Emme Fifield,
a former lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I,
whose only hope of surviving the scandal
that threatens to engulf her is escape to the
New World – where nobody has ever heard
of the Duchess of Somerset.
EBURY 2014 PB 448pp
£7.99 22828 now £2.99
THE MARRIAGE GAME
A Novel of Elizabeth I
Alison Weir As Queen of England, Elizabeth
is courted by princes and must encourage
their advances while avoiding commitment
in a politically-fraught ‘marriage game’: a
game complicated by a dangerous attraction
to her dashing, but married Master of Horse,
Robert Dudley.
HUTCHINSON 2014 HB 429pp
£18.99 22829 now £3.99
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Rumer Godden The story of two sisters and
their young brother growing up in a riverside
town in India (‘but it might as easily have
been a river in America, in Europe, in
England, France, New Zealand or
Timbuctoo’), Rumer Godden’s novel echoes
her own fondly remembered childhood in
Bengal – apart from the tragedy that befalls
these fictional siblings. The book, first
published in 1946, includes a preface by the
author. VIRAGO 2012 HB 218pp
THE RIVER
Roy Stolworthy’s novel is a brutal portrayal
of the realities of the First World War. It tells
the story of 15-year-old Thomas Elkin who
accepts the blame for his brother's accidental
death, takes on his identity, enlists and goes to
the trenches, aiming for a glorious death in his
brother’s name. CLAYMORE 2012 PB 376pp
NEW
COMING HOME
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DRACULA’S GUEST
A Connoisseur’s Collection
of Victorian Vampire Stories
Ed. Michael Sims In 20 stories, this
anthology traces the literary career of the
vampire from John Polidori’s The Vampyre
(1819), through versions of the legends by
Tolstoy, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Augustus
Hare and MR James to Bram Stoker’s
Dracula’s Guest (1914). Michael Sims
provides an introduction, notes on the authors
and commentary on the vampire genre then
and now. No jacket.
£12.99 20405 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
BLOOMSBURY 2010 HB 479pp
£18.99 18304 now £3.99
A SEAMAN’S ANTHOLOGY
OF SEA STORIES
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.
ACCENT 2009 PB 354pp
£7.99 93294 now £2.99
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
Laura Andersen What if Anne Boleyn had
a son? With the French threatening war and
the Catholics rebellion, young Henry IX must
prove himself, but trusts only three people:
his older sister Elizabeth, his loyal counsellor,
Dominic and an orphan, his mother’s ward,
Minuette. EBURY 2013 PB 368pp
NEW
THE BOLEYN KING
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F Scott Fitzgerald Originally published
in 1920, Scott Fitzgerald’s debut novel tells
the story of Amory Blaine’s journey from
youth to maturity, captures the feel of its
era and explores themes such as the quest
for success and the power of money that
were to reappear in the later novels. Part
of The Cambridge Edition of the Works
of F Scott Fitzgerald, this critical edition
is edited, with a substantial introduction,
notes and a record of variants, by James LW
West III. CAMBRIDGE UP 2012 PB 462pp Illus
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
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FICTION/POETRY/AUDIOBOOKS
NEW WAR AND PEACE AND SONYA
The Story of Sonya Tolstoy
Judith Armstrong In 1862, 18-year-old Sonya Behr
married Count Leo Tolstoy, 16 years her senior.
Blurring the boundaries of fact and fiction, this novel
sympathetically recreates their turbulent 48-year marriage,
during which she bore him 13 children, from Sonia’s
perspective. As her famous husband grows increasingly
autocratic and distant, Sonia works tirelessly copying
his manuscripts, only to realise that she has a rival for
his feelings: his fictional creation Anna Karenina.
UNICORN 2011 PB 266pp Illus
£16.99 21774 now £3.99
THE COLLECTED TALES
AND POEMS OF
EDGAR ALLEN POE
Edgar Allan Poe Published in the
Wordsworth Library Collection series,
this volume contains the 27 tales of mystery
and horror, including such famously chilling
stories as The Pit and the Pendulum, The
Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Fall
of the House of Usher; 39 humorous,
satirical and fantasy stories; and the
complete poems, starting with The Raven
and including poems written in youth.
The book is handsomely bound in giltembossed black linen. No jacket.
Mark Twain Originally published in Boston
in 1883, this is an illustrated edition of Mark
Twain’s recollections of his pre-Civil War
days as a steamboat pilot. He recounts his
boyhood ambition to be a steamboatman,
describes the science of navigation on the
mercurial river, narrates a later passenger trip
from St Louis to New Orleans, and tells some
tall tales. The 300 pen-and-ink drawings are
by Edmund Henry Garrett, John Harley and
AB Shute. Reprint. DOVER 2012 PB 576pp Illus
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
AUDIOBOOKS
WORDSWORTH 2009 HB 793pp
£12.99 16975 now £7.99
£11.99 19928 now £7.99
POETRY
Pam Ayres With more than 50 new verses plus several favourites from her stage show, this
sparkling collection from Britain’s favourite poet is packed with witty observations of everyday
life. Funny, poignant and beautifully crafted, they deal with topics ranging from a son leaving
for university to becoming a grandmother. Delightfully illustrated by Susan Hellard, they will
warm the heart and raise wry smiles of recognition. EBURY 2013 HB 176pp Illus
NEW
YOU MADE ME LATE AGAIN!
£16.99 22835 now £4.99
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
and Other Poems of the First World War
Ed. Brian Busby Selected from the work of soldiers who died in action – starting with Rupert
Brooke in 1915 and ending with Wilfred Owen, killed just seven days before the Armistice,
this ‘procession of voices silenced by the war’ captures both the realities of life at the front,
as in Isaac Rosenberg’s Louse Hunting and thoughts about death such as John McCrae’s
In Flanders Fields. The anthology is illustrated with contemporary paintings and finely
bound in gold-embossed covers. Slipcased. ARCTURUS 2013 HB 192pp Illus 164x103mm
£7.99 20877 now £4.99
THE POETRY OF DEREK WALCOTT
1948-2013
Ed. Glyn Maxwell Over 65 years, the Nobel Prize-winning
poet Derek Walcott has created a body of work unequalled in
its breadth, range and linguistic inventiveness. This selection
by his friend and fellow poet Glyn Maxwell draws on every
stage of Walcott’s career, from his earliest work, published
when he was just 18, to recent reflections on old age. Its
topics include family, love and nature, his homeland of St
Lucia, colonialism, identity, and the celebrated yet problematic
canon of Western literature. FABER 2014 HB 633pp
£30.00 20354 now £14.99
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. YALE UP 2012 HB 436pp Illus
$60.00 21132 now £14.99
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
£20.00 19565 now £5.99
DH Lawrence’s reflection on mankind’s
relation to nature, expressed through the story
of Lady Chatterley’s sexual involvement with
her gamekeeper, is read by Maxine Peake.
11 CDs; running time 13hrs 21 minutes.
LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER
£38.50 19187 now £9.99
THE STRANGE CASE OF
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
Robert Louis Stevenson Ian Holm narrates
the famous tale of Dr Henry Jekyll and the
elixir which he hoped would help him explore
the hidden depths of his personality. Jekyll’s
experiments coincided with the appearance
of Mr Edward Hyde on London’s streets;
but how are the two men related and how
can the evil Hyde be stopped? Two CDs,
running time 21⁄2 hours. CSA WORD 2010
£13.99 86185 now £3.99
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
Jonathan Swift In Swift’s great satire,
Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon, narrates
his astonishing travels among the tiny
Lilliputians, the Brobdingnag giants, the
ludicrous intellectuals of Laputa and the
lands of the noble Houyhnhnms and brutish
Yahoo. An immediate success in 1726,
when its exotic settings allowed Swift to
attack contemporary politics and society,
the book has remained a favourite to this day.
It is read here, unabridged, by Jasper Britton.
Nine CDs, running 10 hrs 58 mins.
£32.99 19194 now £9.99
THE PAT HOBBY STORIES
F Scott Fitzgerald In this set of 11 stories, Scott
Fitzgerald paints a comic portrait of Pat Hobby,
an unscrupulous film writer and a relic from the
silent movie era. Looking for success, yet lazy,
artless and insensitive, Hobby just about keeps
his head above water in the changing world of
the movies. Read by Kerry Shale. 3 CDs,
running time 3 hours. CSA WORD 2011
£16.99 12039 now £5.99
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CRAFTS/HOBBIES
DRAWING THE NUDE
Anatomy and Live Models
Thomas Wienc This course
in life drawing takes the form
of hundreds of sketches
demonstrating the most
important graphic elements
in human anatomy pertinent
to the artist. The lessons
range from establishing
a point of view and
mapping the subject’s basic
perspective and contact points
with the ground to discussing
musculature, bone structure
and how different movements
and postures create
characteristic folds and lines in the body. A&C BLACK 2011 PB 127pp Illus 215x254mm
£12.99 20828 now £5.99
SECRET PLACES
Adventures in Ink and Imagination
Ed. Daisy Seal Calm down and colour
in... This colouring book contains 120
pages of patterns of leaves and flowers –
and the occasional bird or elephant – to
complete with pencils, paints or inks.
The pages are perforated, so your best
creations can be removed and framed.
FLAME TREE 2015 PB 128pp Illus 298x213mm
£9.99 21401 now £5.99
A lace-edged
summer top
May Martin In a practical guide to sewing
techniques, with over 30 projects for
clothes, accessories and home furnishings,
the star of the BBC’s Great British Sewing
Bee, shares tips and tricks from her 40
years’ experience as a textile tutor. The
book starts with the equipment and fundamental techniques you need to get
started, then presents a range of projects –
from simple wrap cushion covers to adults’
and children’s dresses – to suit beginner,
intermediate and advanced degrees of skill.
MAY MARTIN’S SEWING BIBLE
HARPER COLLINS 2014 HB 320pp Illus
£25.00 20045 now £9.99
TWELVE TREE JUNCTION
Hornby Magazine No. 6
CHINESE ANIMAL PAINTING
MADE EASY
Rebecca Yue, a Chinese painter and tutor,
shows how to develop the techniques required to create the loosely drawn, expressive paintings that capture the essence of
animal subjects. After explaining basic
techniques and materials, Yue describes
more specialized methods for various animals, such as the big, bold brushstrokes required for a panda’s black patches, wet and
dry methods for depicting animals with patterns, or broken brushstrokes to convey the
coarse hair of a badger or a lion’s mane.
WATSON-GUPTILL 2009 PB 176pp Illus
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Ed. Mike Wild The railway modelling techniques and inspiration in this yearbook
are all based around a fictional urban junction on the Southern Region in the last
decade of steam (1957-67) when diesel, steam and electric all ran side by side. The
project layout includes third-rail electrics, and chapters throughout the book feature
technical guides, from choosing a control system to making scenery; articles on
railway history; and a review of developments in the world of railway modelling.
KEY PUBLISHING 2013 HB 128pp Illus 303x218mm
£17.99 19874 now £6.99
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. There are chapters
devoted 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. GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMAN
CELTIC KNOTWORK HANDBOOK
Ed. Katharine Goddard Catering for
every level of skill, this collection comprises more than 100 knitting projects,
including patterns for cardigans,
sweaters, hats, scarves, gloves and socks
for children and adults, and blankets,
pillows, bags and toys for the home. A
substantial section on basic equipment
and techniques includes step-by-step illustrated instructions for everything from
casting on to seams and blocking, plus
a useful photo gallery of stitch patterns.
CLASSIC KNITS
DK 2013 HB 320pp Illus 276x227mm
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CELTIC SPIRALS
and Other Designs
Sheila Sturrock Spirals were the earliest
motif used in Celtic decoration and from
them developed the maze, key and fret
patterns. With step-by-step instructions, this
book shows how to draw two-, three- and four-ribbon spirals, how to adapt
them to create more complex patterns and how to embellish them with traditional
zoomorphic, anthropomorphic and plant designs. A final chapter discusses using
the designs in other crafts. GUILD OF MASTER CRAFTSMAN 2005 PB 176pp Illus
£13.99 21068 now £4.99
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CRAFTS/COLLECTABLES
NEW A GUIDE TO COLLECTING
AFFORDABLE ANTIQUE
FURNITURE
Caroline Wheater
With advice on where to
look and historic places to
visit for inspiration, this
well-illustrated guide
shows how to find and buy
reasonably priced antiques
for your home. A brief
outline of furniture styles from
the 17th to the early 20th century is followed by
chapters on buying tables and chairs, mirrors, cupboards and
chests, and investment pieces. Finally there is guidance on restoring
or reinventing your purchases. VIVAYS 2013 PB 216pp Illus 217x170 mm
£19.95 22787 now £7.99
Late 19th
century
camelback
sofa
1,000 TILES
2,000 Years of Decorative Ceramics
Orion gilt pewter flower vase
with glass cabochons, 1904-5
Ed. Gordon Lang Decorative ceramic tiles have
been an integral part of interior decoration for
centuries. They have been used to adorn temples,
churches and palaces as well as modest domestic
interiors. Illustrated with hundreds of colour
photographs, this is an outstanding reference
directory of tiles from all periods and places,
from ninth-century Mesopotamia to medieval
Europe, and from Maiolica and Delft to Art
Nouveau, Art Deco and the work of contemporary
ceramicists. HERBERT 2004 PB 320pp Illus 235x194mm
20th CENTURY PEWTER
Art Nouveau to Modernism
NEW
Paul Carter Robinson Pewter has long
been a popular material for tableware as
it is both malleable and lustrous and an
inexpensive alternative to silver. This
volume showcases pewter design in a
golden age – from Art Nouveau to Modernism – ending around 1950. It highlights the important factories and workshops of Britain, Europe and America,
as well as key companies such as Liberty
& Co. Over 350 outstanding pieces are
discussed and illustrated, celebrating the
versatility of this remarkable material.
£19.99 20313 now £7.99
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary from a nursery
rhyme series for children’s hospital wards,
by Margaret Thompson for Doulton, 1904
£45.00 22781 now £19.99
ART NOUVEAU
DOMESTIC METALWORK
The English Catalogue 1906
At the turn of the century the Wurtemberg
Electro Plate Company was the world’s
largest manufacturer of domestic metalware. Distinguished by the WMF
mark, pieces in the Art Nouveau style are
highly sought after by collectors today.
This handsome volume reproduces the
original 1906 catalogue, with hand-drawn
and colour illustrations of more than 3,000
items, and information about the
company, the designers it employed and
the identifying marks on its products.
John Sandon Chinese porcelain had been
highly prized in Europe for centuries but it
was not until the beginning of the 18th century
that the secrets of producing it were mastered
and the first factory established at Meissen
in Saxony. Antiques Roadshow expert John
Sandon explores the Meissen story in this
illustrated history, revealing how it established
an unrivalled reputation for beauty and quality
and reviewing the changing design and
decoration styles, right up to the present day.
MEISSEN PORCELAIN
SHIRE 2010 PB 120pp Illus 255x192mm
£14.99 20878 now £5.99
Count Brühl’s Tailor on a Goat
by Ernst Leuteritz, c.1880
£25.00 19153 now £19.99
NEW THE OTHER
SIDE OF AIRFIX
Sixty Years of Toys,
Games and Crafts
BRITISH TOY BOATS
1920 Onwards
‘Same
Day
Flyer’
Spitfire,
mid-’70s
Arthur Ward Although
chiefly associated with
model aeroplane kits,
Airfix was in fact a highly
successful manufacturer of all types of toys and games, from dolls and crafts to
‘Weebles’. Few boys who made an Airfix Spitfire during the 1960s and 1970s
would not also be familiar with the company’s superbly modelled plastic soldiers
and associated accessories. This nostalgic history focuses on everything but the
construction kits and is illustrated with photographs of many
of the company’s vintage products. REMEMBER WHEN 2013 HB 184pp Illus
£19.99 21497 now £9.99
Roger Gillham Toy boats enjoyed a
popularity boom in Britain between
the wars, with some towns even
building special ponds to accommodate
model yachts and clockwork vessels.
Assembling numerous vintage toys
as well as product catalogues and
press advertisements by manufacturers
such as Tri-ang, Scalex and Bowman,
this volume recalls many of the toys
produced during that golden age, as
well as models of the 1950s and 1960s,
when the toys were falling out of favour.
VELOCE 2011 PB 143pp Illus 250x253mm
£19.99 16463 now £5.99
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FOOD
NEW EGG
A Culinary Exploration of the
World’s Most Versatile Ingredient
Michael Ruhlman American ‘home
cook’ Michael Ruhlman believes the
egg is our most versatile ingredient,
and that if we understand how to use it
we can become better cooks in a hundred
different ways. He starts with simple
methods for cooking perfect poached and
scrambled eggs, and progresses through
custards, quiches, pasta, cakes and
meringues to more the challenging
techniques required for recipes such as
seafood roulade and brioche. JACQUI
SMALL 2014 HB 256pp Illus 255x204mm
£25.00 20512 now £9.99
Alan Romans The King Edward potato
was originally named ‘Fellside Hero’ by
its Northumbrian grower in 1902, but with
Coronation fever in the air a merchant
changed the name to associate the variety
with the new king. In this comprehensive
guide, Alan Romans explains how to
plant, maintain, harvest and store potatoes;
he explores their history and provides an
illustrated reference to over 130 varieties,
scoring each for its relative qualities and
resistance to disease. FRANCES LINCOLN
THE POTATO BOOK
£16.99 19356 now £4.99
ELIZABETH DAVID
ON VEGETABLES
Ed. Jill Norman The culinary legend Elizabeth David revolutionized British cooking, bringing the colour and vibrancy of
sunnier climes to drab postwar kitchens.
This new collection gathers her best-loved
vegetable recipes together for the first
time, from soups and salads to pasta, rice
and lentil dishes and more substantial fare
such as Stuffed Tomatoes and Roman
Pizza. Each recipe is illustrated with a
colour photograph, while short essays offer
a mix of history, anecdote and practical
advice. QUADRILLE 2013 HB 192pp Illus
EUROPEAN PEASANT
COOKERY
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.
GRUB STREET 2012 PB 546pp
£20.00 19899 now £7.99
£15.00 17138 now £6.99
TRADITIONAL
SPANISH COOKING
THE TURKISH COOKBOOK
Regional Recipes and Stories
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 Andalucía 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
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.
GRUB STREET 2012 HB 375pp Illus 245x185mm
POPES, PEASANTS
AND SHEPHERDS
Recipes and Lore from
Rome and Lazio
Oretta Zanini de Vita The traditional
food of Rome and its hinterland is redolent
of herbs, olive oil, lamb and pork. Simple
yet refined, it is the frugal fare of ordinary
people. This first English-language cookbook to cover the entire region includes
250 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes for
dishes such as Spaghetti Aglio, Stewed
Oxtail, Lobster Soup and Sweet Gnocchi,
along with a wealth of anecdote and social
history, leading the reader on an exhilarating journey from antiquity to the present. CALIFORNIA UP 2013 HB 324pp Illus
£24.95 19029 now £9.99
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GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
STEP-BY-STEP COOK BOOK
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
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FOOD
NEW THE BRANDED
COOKBOOK
85 Recipes for the World’s
Favourite Food Brands
Nick Sandler; Johnny Acton
The recipes in this book take 17
different branded ingredients –
including Marmite, Heinz baked
beans, Nutella, Kikkoman’s Soy
Sauce, Guinness and Coca-Cola –
and use them to make simple
everyday dishes such as Chilli
Prawns with Ketchup or
Philadelphia Frozen Cheesecake.
The products have been chosen
for their distinctive tastes and
textures, and a brief history of
each brand explores the secret of
its success. KYLE CATHIE 2008 HB 160pp Illus 237x250mm
LOW CARB REVOLUTION
Comfort Eating for Good Health
Annie Bell Following a diet that is low in
carbohydrates is widely recognized by
healthcare professionals as the fastest way
to lose weight, but how to do without the
potatoes, bread, pasta and rice? This collection of recipes substitutes vegetables like
celeriac or pumpkin for potatoes, lettuce
leaves for hamburger baps and makes ‘Low
Carb’ painless with dishes such as Curried
Chicken and Coconut Soup, Chilli Roast
Pork Belly and Oven-Baked Bubble and
Squeak. KYLE 2014 PB 224pp Illus 248x208mm
£16.99 19467 now £5.99
KITCHEN MEMORIES
Recipes and Stories from
a Lifelong Love of Food
Lucy Boyd was the creator of the muchlauded kitchen garden at Petersham Nurseries, where she worked with award-winning chef Skye Gyngell. She is steeped in
both horticulture and cuisine, as the
daughter of Rose Gray, founder of the
River Café, and her recipes have an inventiveness yet also a simplicity that make
you want to head straight to the kitchen.
They are organized by season, and deeply
focused on the seasonality of each ingredient and the joy of cooking.
HARPER COLLINS 2013 HB 256pp Illus
£20.00 20043 now £6.99
£16.99 21444 now £6.99
Daniel Green; Catherine Collins The 100 delicious recipes presented in this book
have been created by a chef and dietician, working together to help people with high
cholesterol. With chapters on breakfasts, salads, snacks, main courses and deserts,
and recipes such as Buckwheat Pancakes, Mexican Breakfast Burritos, Oriental
Chicken Wraps, Salmon Fishcakes and Light Chocolate Tart, you need never feel
deprived while looking after your health. KYLE 2008 PB 144pp Illus 220x210mm
HEALTHY EATING FOR LOWER CHOLESTEROL
$16.95 16971 now £4.99
THE PALEO DIET
Food Your Body is Designed to Eat
Daniel Green As an overweight young adult, Daniel Green lost 41⁄2 stone by cutting
out gluten, dairy, bad fats and bad carbohydrates and he has never put the weight
back on. With recipes for breakfasts, light meals, soups, salads, side dishes, dinners
and desserts, his book shows how simple it is to create delicious and nourishing
meals from fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, nuts and seeds, and proves how
a Paleo lifestyle can keep you healthy while still enjoying gourmet dishes.
KYLE 2014 PB 175pp Illus
£14.99 19146 now £6.99
CLASSIC VEGETARIAN
COOKERY
Arto der Haroutunian (1940-87) was
born in Aleppo, Syria and lived in the
Levant. He came with his family to England as a child, and recalls how he longed
for the fruits of their Beirut garden. In
this cookbook, first published in 1985, he
explores ‘the known, the little-known and
the few still unknown to the British’ vegetables in recipes ranging from salads and
simple cooked vegetables to casseroles,
pies and nut and pulse-based dishes.
GRUB STREET 2011 HB 287pp
£14.99 19046 now £7.99
Pippa Kendrick presents a cook book ‘for
everyone who loves food and who loves to
cook’ – including anyone who suffers from
allergy or intolerance. Entirely free from
wheat, yeast, egg, soy and dairy, and almost
free from gluten, these recipes prove that
intolerance and allergy-friendly cooking
doesn’t mean missing out on great food.
The book is arranged by season and
includes soups, main courses, vegetarian
dishes, snacks and desserts – and even a
gluten-free Crusty White Loaf.
Giovanni Pilu; Roberta Muir This large
format book reproduces many of the
dishes life size, which makes them all
the more appealing as the photography is
excellent. Many of the ingredients are
native to the island, including the herbs
that grow wild everywhere, such as bay,
juniper, mint, sage and myrtle. The recipes
are admirably straightforward, and cover
bread, seafood, meat, pasta and vegetables, desserts and drinks.
COLLINS 2012 HB 240pp Illus 244x185mm
JACQUI SMALL 2012 HB 231pp Illus 285x227mm
THE INTOLERANT GOURMET
Roast Pork
Boulangère
A SARDINIAN COOKBOOK
£20.00 20042 now £7.99
£25.00 20075 now £9.99
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CHILDREN’S
NEW THE VIKING CODEX
The Saga of Leif Eriksson
Fiona Macdonald In telling the story
of two great Viking explorers – Erik
the Red and his son, Leif the Lucky –
this book presents a colourful account
of Viking settlements and the Viking
way of life in words and pictures –
including two old-out panoramas –
and pages from Leif Eriksson’s ‘saga’.
Illustrated by Mark Bergin.Age 8+
BOOK HOUSE 2008 HB 34pp Illus
£12.99 21447 now £4.99
The strange, dark tales from German
folklore collected by the Brothers Grimm
and first published in 1812 have become
some of our best-loved fairy stories,
although often in lighter versions. This
fine edition presents 20 tales, including
Snowdrop (or Snow White), Tom Thumb,
Rumpelstiltskin and The Goose Girl in an
early translation by Mrs Edgar Lucas that
sticks faithfully to the original German,
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Age
5+ HERITAGE 2013 HB 174pp Illus 217x180mm
GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES
NEW TALES FROM HANS
CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Naomi Lewis and illustrator Emma
Chichester Clark present new
versions of nine tales by Hans
Christian Andersen, including less
well-known stories such as The
Jumping Competition and The
Happy Family (of snails) as well as
two perennial favourites – The
Princess and the Pea and The Little
Match Girl. Age 5+ FRANCES
£14.99 18954 now £5.99
£12.99 20525 now £4.99
SONG OF
THE GOLDEN HARE
NEW
EYE ON THE WILD SERIES
Jackie Morris While some people hunted
hares, the hero of this story is different:
he and his family would rescue orphaned
leverets. They also knew the secret of
the Golden Queen of the Hares and one
special day they heard the music of the
hares, singing to win their queen’s heart.
This poignant story is told by Jackie
Morris and illustrated with her finely
observed paintings. Age 6+ FRANCES
£12.99 20524 now £4.99
Jackie Morris Set amid the Himalayas,
Morris’s lyrical words and pictures
tell the myth of the snow leopard that
‘sang the stars to life, the sun to rise and the
moon to wax and wane’ and whose song
must continue to keep her hidden valley
safe. Age 6+ FRANCES LINCOLN
NEW
THE SNOW LEOPARD
£11.99 20522 now £4.99
NEW SOMETHING
ABOUT A BEAR
Jackie Morris In spectacular watercolours,
this book presents eight wild bears –
Moon Bear, Sun Bear, Sloth Bear, Brown
Bear, Spectacled Bear, American Black
Bear, Giant Panda and Polar Bear – in
their natural habitats; but which is the
best bear of all? The book ends with
information about the bears and their
conservation. Age 6+ FRANCES
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Suzi Eszterhas With great photographs and a
simple text that is crammed with information,
Eszterhas describes the life of three tigers as they
grow from tiny cubs to two-year-old young adults
setting off ‘to rule a territory of their own’. Age 5+
NEW
TIGER
FRANCES LINCOLN 2014 HB 32pp Illus 260x240mm
£11.99 20526 now £4.99
Suzi Eszterhas Using simple, large print
text and colour photographs, this book follows
an elephant from his birth on the African
grasslands, through the lessons he learns as
a calf and up to his 15th year, when he leaves the
herd to begin his adult life. Age 5+ FRANCES
NEW
ELEPHANT
£12.99 20523 now £4.99
£11.99 20513 now £4.99
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CHILDREN’S
Rosemary Sutcliff The well-known
children’s writer Rosemary Sutcliff has
transformed Homer’s epic poem The
Odyssey into an enthralling traveller’s
tale, with illustrations by Alan Lee.
The book ends with notes on how to
pronounce Greek names and a map of
sites traditionally associated with
Odysseus’ voyages. Age 8+ FRANCES
NEW
THE ODYSSEY
£12.99 20520 now £4.99
Beverley Naidoo; Piet Grobler
In Beverley Naidoo’s exciting
reinterpretation, 16 of Aesop’s wise,
witty and timeless fables are set in the
grasslands of southern Africa, with the
African animals, birds and insects portrayed in Piet Grobler’s colourful paintings.
Age 5+ FRANCIS LINCOLN 2011 HB 54pp Illus 264x239mm
NEW
SARAH AND SIMON
AND NO RED PAINT
Edward Ardizzone Sarah and Simon’s
father is an impoverished artist, reduced
to selling the silver teaspoons to buy
food for his family. Their hopes are
pinned on his ‘masterpiece’, but when
he runs out of red paint there’s no money
to buy more. In a wonderful twist in the
tale, Sally and Simon’s love of reading
in an old bookshop saves the day. The
book was written and illustrated by
Ardizzone (1900-79) in 1965. Age ?+
AESOP’S FABLES
£12.99 20507 now £4.99
STICKER ART SHAPES SERIES
Wendy Meddour Auntie Urooj was lonely,
and Ramzi and Shaima decided to get her a
suitor from the Truly Deeply Muslim online
marriage agency. But smooth-talking
Rasheed was not all he seemed; he even
cheats at Monopoly. It’s a case for the Black
Cat detectives in this much-acclaimed and
very funny novel for children. Age 7+
THE BLACK CAT DETECTIVES
GODINE 2011 HB 48pp Illus 227x190mm
FRANCES LINCOLN 2012 PB 176pp
$17.95 16777 now £5.99
£5.99 17487 now £2.99
NEW THE SECRET JOURNAL OF VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN
On the Workings of the Human Body
David Stewart Mr Victor Frankenstein, we are told, never completed his medical
studies in Bavaria, but became obsessed with the idea of creating a living body from
dead body parts. Here, his blood-spattered lecture notes and diary, with press cuttings
and other documents, are reproduced for students of the ghoulish.
Age 9+ BOOK HOUSE 2008 HB 46pp Illus
THE HELEN OXENBURY
£12.99 21445 now £4.99
NURSERY COLLECTION
Helen Oxenbury’s style of writing
and illustrating has been described
as ‘extraordinarily comfortable’ for
young listeners and readers. Here,
she presents a selection from her
earlier books, with verses by writers
such as Michael Rosen and Ffrida
Wolfe from her Tiny Tim (1981)
collection; traditional nursery
rhymes; and seven favourite nursery
stories, including Little Red Riding
Hood, The Three Billy Goats Gruff
and Goldilocks. Age 3+ HERITAGE
John Howe is best known for his illustrations
for the fiction of JRR Tolkien and his subsequent
design work on the film series The Lord of
the Rings. In this book he applies his skill in
conjuring up imaginary worlds to a series of
artworks depicting historic or legendary lands.
For realms including Camelot, Atlantis, Babylon
and Teotihuacan, Howe presents his evocative
visualizations and discusses the mythical, historical
and archaeological evidence that informed them.
KINGFISHER 2009 HB 96pp Illus 228x285mm
£16.99 19394 now £5.99
2006-11 PB 28pp 290x210mm
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ALEXANDER CALDER
ARCIMBOLDO
PAUL KLEE
KLIMT
PHILIP’S FAMILY
WORLD ATLAS
Published in association with the Royal
Geographical Society, this is an ideal
atlas for home use. There are 48 pages
of Philip’s excellent cartography,
showing the countries of the world
picked out in bright, distinctive colours,
and with details of major roads, railways
and airports as well as physical features.
The atlas also includes whole world
maps with geographical data, 21 city
centre maps, and an index.
PHILIP’S 2012 HB 66pp Illus 310x230mm
£14.99 18955 now £5.99
LOST WORLDS
A great way to learn about art, this
series of books by Sylvie Delpech and
Caroline Leclerc introduces the life
and work of an artist, then explores
six paintings, looking at the original
and trying out your own version on
the opposite page. By arranging any
of the 60 or more reusable stickers,
you can experiment with colours,
shapes and compositions to recreate
the artist's original or create your
own masterpiece. FRANCES LINCOLN
£7.99 17978 now £3.99
Nat Lambert For younger aviation enthusiasts,
this book offers a great introduction to the
aircraft and the history of the Battle of Britain.
As well as the Spitfire, Hurricane and their
chief adversary, the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the book
describes another nine planes that
took part in the aerial battles over southern England
in 1940 – among them the Bristol Beaufighter, Gloster
Gladiator and Junkers Ju87 ‘Stuka’ – and there are
die-cut card pieces to make models of all twelve planes.
Ringbound. Age 8+ TOP THAT 2015 HB 32pp Illus 250x230mm
BATTLE OF BRITAIN MICRO FLIERS
£9.99 19131 now £4.99
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MUSIC
THE FIRST FOUR NOTES
Beethoven’s Fifth and
the Human Imagination
Matthew Guerrieri ‘Short enough to remember
and portentous enough to be memorable’, the
opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has
been assigned all kinds of artistic, philosophical
and political meanings during the two centuries
since its composition. The First Four Notes is a
survey of the Fifth’s cultural influence in China,
Russia and the United States, as well as its
possible revolutionary origins and its use by both
Allies and Nazis during the Second World War.
KNOPF 2012 HB 359pp 220x150mm
$26.95 19348 now £5.99
John Suchet writes that ‘Beethoven’s music
is his autobiography’, and he shows how
knowledge about a work’s place in Beethoven’s
tumultuous life can help us listen to the music ‘with different ears’. Suchet presents a
full portrait of the composer, paying special attention to his youth, the influence of his
grandfather and a mysterious encounter with Mozart at the age of 16. This illustrated
Classic FM edition includes photographs of places associated with Beethoven and
portraits of his contemporaries. ELLIOTT & THOMPSON 2012 HB 288pp Illus
BEETHOVEN: The Man Revealed
THE CORRESPONDENCE
OF JEAN SIBELIUS AND
ROSA NEWMARCH, 1906-1939
NEW
Ed. Philip Ross Bullock For more than 30
years, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius corresponded in a mixture of French and German with Rosa Harriet Newmarch, Britain’s
leading authority on Russian music. Now
published in a complete English translation
for the first time, their letters, notes and telegrams reveal the intensity of their friendship,
provide some of Sibelius’ frankest statements about his own works and illuminate
Newmarch’s important contribution to
British musical life. An appendix reprints
her analytical programme note on the Fourth
Symphony. BOYDELL 2011 HB 310pp
£60.00 21291 now £16.99
£25.00 19599 now £7.99
Terry E Miller; Andrew Shahriari Condensed from the full version of this popular
textbook’s third edition, World Music prompts students to listen actively as they
analyse the sounds and structure of pieces from across the globe. The chapters are
organized around 44 sites chosen to reflect the diversity of musical traditions, both
traditional and popular, in different regions. Each section ends with questions to
prompt discussion of the connection of the music to the country’s wider history and
culture. Text only edition; CDs not included. ROUTLEDGE 2015 PB 380pp Illus 252x203mm
WORLD MUSIC: A Global Journey
£38.99 21583 now £19.99
John White Described as ‘the greatest viola player of all time’ on his death,
Lionel Tertis (1876-1975) had risen from humble beginnings in Spitalfields and
was virtually self-taught on the instrument ‘despised’ by other string players.
This biography charts his long career and celebrates his inspiration of a new
generation of violists through his activities as teacher, arranger, editor and performer
of music for the instrument, especially those works which his artistry inspired from
composers such as Bax, Walton and Vaughan Williams. BOYDELL 2012 PB 424pp Illus
NEW
LIONEL TERTIS: The First Great Virtuoso of the Viola
£16.99 21220 now £9.99
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
Joseph Haydn and Britain
Ed. Richard Chesser; David Wyn Jones
After more than four decades working for his
aristocratic patron, Haydn was persuaded to pay
two extended visits to London during the 1790s
and he engaged fully with the musical life of
the city which he described as his ‘land of
opportunity’. This volume comprises eleven
essays examining aspects of the celebrity
composer’s ready response to London’s
commercial vitality and his engagement with the
British political and social world in which he
found himself. BRITISH LIBRARY 2013 HB 208pp Illus
£40.00 19870 now £12.99
Christopher Hogwood The year 1790 brought
the death of Haydn’s patron Nicolaus Esterházy
and the subsequent sacking of his music staff; the
impresario Johann Peter Salomon seized this moment to lure the celebrity composer
to London for two visits in 1791-2 and 1794-5. Hogwood makes extensive use of
contemporary documents – such as newspaper reports and Haydn’s own notebooks
and letters – to examine the English public’s Haydn-mania and the composer’s own
reactions to new people and experiences. THAMES & HUDSON 2009 HB 116pp
HAYDN’S VISITS TO ENGLAND
£12.95 18200 now £5.99
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ALFRED’S BASIC
GUITAR METHOD 1
NEW
Morty and Ron Manus A best-selling
primer for decades, Alfred’s Basic Guitar
Method has encouraged generations of
would-be musicians to take up the guitar.
This first volume introduces the first principles of holding the instrument, tuning,
reading notation and fingering single notes
and simple chords. The accompanying
DVD contains a series of video lessons
supporting the printed information and an
86-track audio library of all the tunes,
songs and exercises used in the book.
ALFRED 2007 PB + DVD 64pp 300x230mm
£17.95 21166 now £5.99
Order line: 01626 897100
MUSIC/PERFORMING ARTS
Donald Spoto For more than a century, the
Redgraves have defined theatre and film.
Drawing on personal knowledge and many
interviews, this biography charts the private
and professional lives of the dynasty, from the
brilliant, troubled Michael Redgrave and his
wife Rachel Kempson, through their offspring
Lynn, Vanessa and Corin, to the triumphs and
tragedies of the latest generation. The result is an
epic study of a talented, volatile, passionate and
controversial family. ROBSON 2012 HB 381pp Illus
THE REDGRAVES: A Family Epic
£25.00 16460 now £7.99
Since his first play, The Square Cat in 1959,
Alan Ayckbourn has written some 75 plays
and his work has been translated into
more than 35 languages and performed
across the world. In these volumes the
plays have been grouped together by Ayckbourn himself and he provides explanatory introductions. FABER 2011 PB 472/676pp
ALAN AYCKBOURN: PLAYS
DUKE
The Life of Duke Ellington
Terry Teachout Both of Edward Kennedy
Ellington’s parents were pianists but it was
not until the teenage ‘Duke’ heard a ragtime
piece in 1913 that he took the instrument
seriously. By the 1920s he was in Harlem,
New York, leading his own orchestra and
on the path to worldwide fame. This biography assesses the life and artistic legacy
of the most prolific and influential jazz
composer of all time, drawing on private
papers, scrapbooks, musical manuscripts
and interviews. Felt-tip mark on lower
trimmed edge. ROBSON 2013 HB 495pp Illus
£25.00 22927 now £7.99
TONY BENNETT IN THE STUDIO
A Life of Art and Music
Tony Bennett; Robert Sullivan Singer
Tony Bennett is also an accomplished
painter whose work is held in the permanent collections of several American museums. The subjects of his paintings are
the people he works with and the places
he encounters as he tours the world. This
handsome book includes his views of
Central Park, Italian landscapes and portraits of jazz musicians, accompanied by
Bennett's thoughts on his life and career
and by a CD of six personal favourites from
his recorded songs. Off-mint. STERLING
2007 HB + Audio CD 224pp Illus 293x272mm
$29.95 19375 now £7.99
Three plays, ‘all written for live theatre –
with the emphasis on live’, and all first
performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre,
Scarborough: The Revengers’ Comedies
(1989); Things We Do for Love (1997); and
House & Garden (1999).
20204
PLAYS FOUR
This last volume contains five plays, all
first performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre: Snake in the Grass (2002); If I Were
You (2006); Life and Beth (2008); My Wonderful Day (2009) and Ayckbourn’s 74th
play, Life of Riley (2010).
20205
PLAYS FIVE
IMPERIAL DEATH STAR
DS-1 ORBITAL BATTLE
STATION
Owner’s Workshop Manual
Ryder Windham; Chris Reiff; Chris
Trevas The evil Empire of the Star
Wars universe conceived the Death
Star – a 120km-diameter battle station
capable of destroying a planet – to be
the ultimate power in the galaxy. This
technical manual explains in detail its
design, construction, systems and controls, and is illustrated with computergenerated artworks, floor plans and
cutaways. The book is authorized by
Lucasfilm and also contains information about the second Death Star,
which featured in Return of the Jedi.
HAYNES 2013 HB 128pp Illus
£16.99 18024 now £6.99
SHAKESPEARE’S LOST KINGDOM
The True History of
Shakespeare and Elizabeth
Charles Beauclerk Hamlet, King Lear and the
sonnets are among the most enduring and resonant
works of English literature, yet their creator
remains strangely unknowable. If this engaging,
learned and controversial book is to be believed,
that is no accident but the result of a systematic
effort to conceal the author’s identity. With forensic
precision, it unearths a series of clues that point to
a figure close to Queen Elizabeth herself, and
reveals the tragic love story behind this grandest
of literary deceptions. GROVE 2010 HB 448pp Illus
$26.00 79426 now £7.99
NICE TO SEE IT,
TO SEE IT, NICE
The 1970s in Front of the Telly
Brian Viner When there were only three
channels on air, and no video recorders,
television entertainment was limited and
precious, the whole family gathering to
watch Morecambe and Wise, Starsky and
Hutch or the Miss World contest. Drawing
on the author’s own childhood in front of the
telly, this entertainingly written history tells
the stories of the TV stars and hit programmes
that made such an impact on Britons’ lives in
1970s. POCKET BOOKS 2009 PB 320pp
£7.99 16633 now £3.99
TERRY NATION
The Man Who Invented the Daleks
Alwyn W Turner Terry Nation began
his career as a comedy writer in the mid-1950s
but went on to create some of the most
memorable television drama of the 1960s and
1970s. In this book Alwyn Turner explores
the writer’s career and his influential output,
which includes many great series, among them
Blake’s 7, Dr Who, The Persuaders, The Saint
and The Avengers. AURUM 2013 PB 352pp Illus
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FILM & TELEVISION
Gerry Badger A number of photographers
with the celebrated Magnum agency took
pictures of Marilyn Monroe during the 1950s
and 1960s. From early publicity shots taken by
Philippe Halsman in the actress’s Hollywood
flat to Henri Cartier-Bresson’s portrait of
her on the set of The Misfits, they are among
the finest images made of the iconic actress.
This carefully curated collection also
includes work by, among others, Elliott
Erwitt, Eve Arnold and Inge Morath.
NEW
MARILYN BY MAGNUM
PRESTEL 2012 HB 144pp Illus 258x223mm
£19.99 21442 now £8.99
Marilyn jumps for Philippe Halsman
in his New York studio, 1959
Chaplin with Jackie Coogan in The Kid, 1921
Peter Ackroyd Although there were a
few years of stability for the infant Charlie, his entertainer parents’ estrangement
and their problems with alcoholism and
mental instability meant that he spent
long periods of his childhood in workhouses and orphanages before starting
in the theatre at the age of 14. Peter Ackroyd’s succinct biography considers the
artistic achievements and complex private
life of the cockney comedian who became
the most famous person in the world.
NEW
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
CHATTO & WINDUS 2014 HB 272pp Illus
£14.99 22817 now £7.99
THE THIRD REICH’S
CELLULOID WAR
Propaganda in Nazi Feature Films,
Documentaries and Television
Ian Garden The Third Reich controlled
every aspect of film production in order
to bolster its ideology. This book takes
the reader on a journey through the Nazi
propaganda machine to reveal the way in
which cinema was manipulated to arouse
hostility to Germany’s enemies. Illustrated
with a wealth of stills and posters, it includes objective analyses of key films
such as The Emperor of California, an
anti-capitalist version of Titanic, and the
anti-British Boer War epic Ohm Kruger.
HISTORY PRESS 2012 HB 284pp Illus
Sergei Eisenstein’s films, Battleship
Potemkin (1925) and October (1928) were
acclaimed worldwide, but his experimental techniques came in for criticism from
Soviet authorities and his output was
severely curtailed by political difficulties.
This translation of his autobiography, written two years before his death in 1948, recounts his life in the Soviet Union and his
travels in the West, and includes his wideranging thoughts about film, art and culture, some of his idiosyncratic sketches,
and photographs from his life and career.
PETER OWEN 2014 PB 282pp Illus
£25.00 19603 now £7.99
DAVID LEAN
An Intimate Portrait
£14.99 20543 now £4.99
NEW
Lean at
work on
Sandra Lean; Barry Chattington
Dr Zhivago
David Lean earned his chance as a
director having built a reputation as
the best film editor in London – the
films he would go on to make are
among the most admired in cinema
history. This lavishly illustrated
book examines every aspect of his
life and productions, from his early
collaborations with Noël Coward
in the 1940s to the great works of
his maturity, and includes many
unpublished photographs from
Lean’s private collection. Foreword
by Omar Sharif. ANDRE DEUTSCH 2001 PB 240pp Illus 247x254mm
£20.00 20237 now £7.99
THE COMPLETE BOOK
OF CAPTAIN SCARLET
NEW
Chris Bentley After the filming of
Thunderbirds, producer Gerry Anderson’s
team found a way to move the mechanism
controlling the puppets’ mouths from their
heads to their bodies, allowing true human
proportion and much more realistic
characters for the new series: Captain
Scarlet and the Mysterons. This celebration
of the show contains a complete production
history and guide to all 32 episodes as
well as information about voice artists,
merchandising and spin-offs.
CARLTON 2001 PB 128pp Illus 278x215mm
£12.99 21554 now £6.99
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Jerry Beck The 1964 film The Pink Panther was a high point in the careers of
director Blake Edwards, star Peter Sellers
and composer Henry Mancini, and for animator Friz Freleng, who created the title
sequence, it was a triumph that generated
one of the best-loved characters in cartoon
history. This colourful celebration explores
the movies and their animated sequences,
the long-running TV series and its 7spinoff characters as well as memorabilia and
ephemera. DORLING KINDERSLEY 2005 HB
144pp Illus 300x254
£20.00 17036 now £7.99
IMMORAL MEMORIES
An Autobiography
PINK PANTHER
The Ultimate Guide to
the Coolest Cat in Town
Tim Ewbank; Stafford Hildred Now regarded as a ‘National Treasure’, Joanna
Lumley began her career as a model before
becoming an actress and starring in wellknown series such as Absolutely Fabulous
and The Avengers. Her early life abroad,
her complicated love life and her film and
TV career are described in this lively biography, which brings the story up to date
with her recent campaign for Gurkha
rights. ANDRÉ DEUTSCH 2010 PB 268pp Illus
JOANNA LUMLEY
£7.99 93419 now £3.99
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NATURE
A NATURALIST’S GUIDE TO... SERIES
These easy-to-use identification guides cover
a variety of flora and fauna, providing concise,
authoritative texts and colour photographs
of individual species. Every book includes an
attractive wall poster and has a tough plastic
jacket, making it ideal for use in the field.
JOHN BEAUFOY 2015 PB 160pp Illus 180x127mm
NEW GARDEN WILDLIFE OF
BRITAIN AND NORTHERN EUROPE
Marianne Taylor With brief descriptions and
notes on the habits and habitats of 280 species,
this guide covers birds, mammals, amphibians
and reptiles, butterflies, moths and other insects,
spiders, worms, snails and slugs, trees and
shrubs and wildflowers.
21794
Pandas prefer old-growth montane
forests with large evergreen trees
PANDA
Back from the Brink
Zhou Mengqi The giant panda has long
been used as a symbol for wildlife conservation and remains one of the world’s
most endangered species with fewer than
2,000 alive today. This tribute to the panda
features over 150 photographs of animals
in their natural habitat as well as in the
nursery at the Wolong National Nature
Reserve. The book also explores the
species’ history and evolution, its behaviours and habitat and the efforts that
are being made to save it from extinction.
SARABAND 2010 HB 192pp Illus 233x233mm
£25.00 19548 now £9.99
BADGERLANDS
The Twilight World of Britain’s
Most Enigmatic Animal
Patrick Barkham Hoping ‘to trace the
strange history of our relationship with
badgers and find out why it was so vexed’,
Patrick Barkham explores the Badgerlands: the mysterious world in which these
distinctively striped creatures snuffle, dig
and live out their complex social lives.
He delves into the story of badgers since
their prehistoric arrival in Britain, he
meets present day farmers, badger feeders
and scientists, and he weighs the evidence
on both sides of the debate on culling.
GRANTA 2013 HB 397pp 200x152mm
£18.99 19805 now £5.99
THE BIG NEW YORKER
BOOK OF DOGS
In sections on Good Dogs, Bad Dogs, Top
Dogs and Underdogs, this wonderful anthology gathers articles, short stories, poems and cartoons about dogs from the
archives of The New Yorker magazine,
along with reproductions of vintage dogrelated covers. The authors include regular New Yorker contributors and wellknown writers from both sides of the
Atlantic, among them Roald Dahl, Mark
Strand, Arthur Miller, John Updike and
‘the first man of the dog’, James Thurber.
HEINEMANN 2012 HB 413pp Illus 283x214mm
£30.00 17550 now £14.99
NEW BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN EUROPE
Peter Goodfellow; Paul Sterry Along with basic information for bird watchers,
Goodfellow provides expert descriptions and notes on distribution, habits and
habitats for 280 bird species, with colour photographs by Paul Sterry.
21792
Andrew Cleave After a general introduction and glossary, this guide presents
species accounts of the 280 most common trees and large shrubs in Britain and
Ireland and neighbouring countries in northern Europe.
21797
NEW
TREES OF BRITAIN AND NORTHERN EUROPE
Robert Read presents descriptions and information on seasons, habitat, habits
and status, and colour photographs of 280 insect species commonly seen in the
British Isles and northern Europe.
21795
NEW
INSECTS OF BRITAIN AND NORTHERN EUROPE
NEW MUSHROOMS AND OTHER FUNGI
OF BRITAIN AND NORTHERN EUROPE
Josephine Bacon provides notes on the major types of larger fungi before
giving detailed descriptions of 280 species of mushroom and toadstool,
including information on their edibility.
21796
Peter Goodfellow With photographs by Paul Sterry and information on
topics such as making gardens attractive for birds and conservation, this is
an expert guide to 90 species commonly seen in or over the gardens of Britain
and Ireland.
21793
NEW
GARDEN BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND NORTHERN EUROPE
ARCTIC FOX
Life at the Top
of the World
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 minus 50 degrees centigrade.
A&C BLACK 2008 HB 231pp Illus 277x214mm
£16.99 19034 now £7.99
DEADLY ANIMALS
Savage Encounters Between Man and Beast
Gordon Grice From big cats that will tear you to pieces and snakes with venom that
will kill you in 15 minutes to the tiny ticks, lice and parasitic worms that can make
you very ill, Gordon Grice reveals the dark side of the animal kingdom as he
describes – in gory detail – the most dangerous and sometimes fatal encounters
between ourselves and our ‘fellow earthlings’. PENGUIN 2010 PB 410pp Illus
£8.99 19568 now £3.99
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GARDENS/NATURE
NEW BRITISH
GARDENS
History, Philosophy
and Design
Petunia by
Mrs Smith,
c.1865
FLORAL PAINTINGS
of Popular Garden Flowers
James Andrews The Victorians were passionate about flowers, both in their gardens
and in art, and the period saw some of the
most superb botanical journals ever published. This volume reproduces handcoloured lithographs from one of the finest
from the 1860s, The Floral Magazine, a
collaboration between the botanical illustrator James Andrews and the Rev HH
Dombrain. Each of the 95 plants is shown
in a full-page reproduction, with Dombrain’s text revealing the preoccupations,
joys and setbacks of Victorian flower growers. PAPADAKIS 2011 HB 200pp Illus 320x237mm
NEW
£35.00 21561 now £12.99
Tom Turner
This magisterial
chronological survey
charts the changing
fashions and philosophies
of garden planning
from antiquity through
the Arts and Crafts
movement to today’s
sustainable gardens.
Wrest Park in Bedfordshire was formed in open country and
Stunningly illustrated
planted to create a forest setting for the avenues and lake
with more than 1,000
colour photographs, plans and diagrams, it features many famous gardens such
as Hampton Court, Chatsworth and Haddon Hall, and examines the influence
of such key figures as Inigo Jones, Humphry Repton and Getrude Jekyll.
ROUTLEDGE 2013 HB 466pp Illus 248x247mm
£36.99 21514 now £14.99
NEW EUROPEAN GARDENS
History, Philosophy and Design
Tom Turner What is a garden for, and how does its form reflect its function?
Focusing on beliefs, purpose and design philosophy, this magnificent book charts
the development of the garden from its origin in the Middle East 12,000 years
ago through the extravagant creations of the Baroque to the present day. Illustrated
with 900 colour photographs, paintings and diagrams, it features some of the
finest gardens in Europe, from Vienna to Versailles, explaining how, why
and for whom they were created. ROUTLEDGE 2011 HB 421pp Illus 248x248mm
£35.00 21574 now £14.99
A GARDENER’S GUIDE
TO NATIVE PLANTS OF
BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Rosemary FitzGerald After the arrival of
tulips and other bulbs in the 16th century,
the local flower species that had been common in British gardens were gradually sidelined in favour of showier plants, although
some adapted forms of local species such
as double red campion or red cowslips survived. This comprehensive illustrated guide
introduces the best of our native plants, explaining their history, needs and habitats
and showing how they can be successfully
incorporated into modern gardens.
CROWOOD 2012 PB 192pp Illus 245x190mm
£14.99 20334 now £6.99
Tim Dee In his first book since the acclaimed The Running Sky, Tim Dee tells
the story of four fields: the fen at the bottom of his Cambridgeshire garden; a field
in southern Zambia; a prairie in Montana;
FOUR FIELDS
WILD FLOWERS AND
WHERE TO FIND THEM
IN THE CHILTERNS
Laurie Fallows; David Beattie; Gay
Fallows The beautiful Greater Chilterns
are threaded with deep valleys and
streams, nature reserves and delightful
villages. This guide provides details of
the identification, habitat and uses of the
common wild flowers of the area. The
flowering charts show which month plants
are at their best, and the book also features
an illustrated plant directory and 18
guided walks with maps to help you locate
even the rarest of flowers.
FRANCES LINCOLN 2007 PB 160pp Illus
£7.99 17541 now £3.99
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A LOST LANDSCAPE
Matthew Boulton’s Gardens at Soho
and a meadow in the Exclusion Zone of
Chernobyl. Observing these four fields –
walkable, mappable, man-made yet still
secretive, mysterious and wild – he contemplates our relationship with nature, inspiring us to look anew at the way we live,
and what we need from life.
JONATHAN CAPE 2013 HB 288pp
£18.99 20241 now £6.99
THE TEN-MINUTE GARDENER’S
FRUIT-GROWING DIARY
Val Bourne Pithy, practical and purposeful, this handy diary is for anyone who
loves their plot but is forced to garden in
snatched moments. Full of tried-and-tested
tips – and interesting asides – from a seasoned old hand, it describes four, five or
six main tasks for each month of the year.
BANTAM 2011 HB 192pp
£9.99 19374 now £3.99
Phillada Ballard; Val Loggie; Shena Mason In the
1760s, the pioneer industrialist Matthew Boulton
established extensive gardens and a landscaped
park around his home and Manufactory at Soho in
Handsworth, on the outskirts of Birmingham. Now
only a tiny plot near the house remains. During the
restoration of the Soho estate, Dr Ballard and Val
Loggie uncovered writings about the garden and
drawings and paintings of it. This book presents
their findings and traces the great industrialist’s
search for Elysium. PHILLIMORE 2009 HB 112pp Illus
£16.99 22739 now £6.99
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NATURE
FAUNA
SCOTICA
Animals and
People in Scotland
The slowed-down
flight of a lacewing
Peter Marren; Richard Mabey 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 protoentomologist 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
BUGS BRITANNICA
Polly Pullar; Mary
Low This celebration
of Scotland’s
enormously diverse
range of fauna is
arranged by habitats
– from mountains,
A Golden Eagle displays
moors and bogs to
its two-metre wingspan
the sea, but also
devotes chapters to
the habitats in which animals and humans interact closely, the farm, urban areas
and the realm of myth. Imaginatively written and lavishly illustrated, the book
offers a detailed yet informal natural and cultural history of creatures from
common newts to Aberdeen-Angus cattle, and the role that animals have
played in Scottish life since prehistory. BIRLINN 2012 HB 304pp Illus 250x254mm
£30.00 19122 now £14.99
William Milliken; Sam Bridgewater Documenting the evolving relationship
between the Scots and their native plants from the Stone Age to the present day,
this book covers the complete spectrum of plant uses, addressing their diverse
roles in diet, healthcare, housing, crafts, culture and language and in the Scottish
environment and economy. With quotations, colour photographs, case studies and
practical tips, this ‘encyclopedia botanica’ reveals as much about Scottish history
and culture as it does about Scotland’s plant life. BIRLINN 2013 PB 328pp Illus 245x249mm
FLORA CELTICA
£20.00 19123 now £9.99
WILD SCOTLAND
An Audio Guide to the Wildlife of Scotland
British Library Including several birds, such
as the Crested Tit and Capercaillie, that are only
found in Scotland, this CD contains the calls of
30 species, including the mournful song of the
Black-throated Diver, the low growling calls
of a Puffin and the roaring of a Red stag.
One CD; running time 66min.
& WINDUS 2010 HB 512pp Illus 280x215mm
£35.00 93610 now £9.99
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.
D&C 2011 PB 256pp Illus 148x180mm
£12.99 18229 now £4.99
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Great Systems and
Global Environments
William M Marsh; Martin M Kaufman
In a much acclaimed, back-to-basics textbook that combines a narrative-style text
and straightforward illustrations, the authors set out to explain the nature of geographic change on Earth; not only how it
takes place, but what drives it – systems.
The book comprises five parts on the extensive and interconnected systems of energy, climate and ocean, Earth’s life support, water, rock and mountain, and
erosional and landform. Suitable for A level
and undergraduate students. CAMBRIDGE
BRITISH LIBRARY 2013 Audio CD
£10.00 16946 now £3.99
EARTH ON FIRE
How Volcanoes Shape Our Planet
Bernhard Edmaier From the pyrotechnics of explosive Mount Etna in Sicily to
the lava and tuff remnants of the Yellowstone supervolcano in Yellowstone Canyon,
USA, volcanoes are the most awe-inspiring and potentially devastating geological
phenomena on earth. With spectacular aerial and close-up photographs by Bernhard
Edmaier accompanied by clear, informative texts about key areas of volcanology, such
as plate tectonics and pyroclastics, this book reveals how volcanic activity shapes the
most dramatic landscapes of our planet. PHAIDON 2009 HB 219pp Illus 350x295mm
£35.00 93830 now £14.99
ANCIENT TREES IN
THE LANDSCAPE
Norfolk’s Arboreal Heritage
Gerry Barnes; Tom Williamson Norfolk
is rich in woodlands, many of which have
been traditionally managed for centuries,
but this account of the county’s ancient
trees is of more than local interest: it is an
exploration of how trees can be studied as
part of the landscape. Among the topics
discussed are the dating of trees; trees
of farmland and hedgerow; woods and
wood-pastures; orchards, pine rows and
willow lines; and how trees have been
used in parks, gardens and churchyards.
UP 2013 HB 736pp Illus 277x237mm
WINDGATHER 2011 PB 187pp Illus
£49.99 21033 now £14.99
£25.00 99556 now £9.99
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TRANSPORT
Kevin Robertson The spirit of innovation demonstrated by the Great Western Railway’s
petrol-engined railcar of 1912 perhaps illustrates why the company had a reputation for doing
things differently (and better) than its competitors. This book looks beyond the famous and
glamorous aspects of the GWR to explore less well-trodden ground such as weed killing trains
and unusual rolling stock, anomalous stations and station furniture, experimental signal design
and camping coaches. HISTORY PRESS 2010 PB 146pp Illus
NEW
ODD CORNERS OF THE GWR
£12.99 22746 now £5.99
GWR DIDCOT
BY NIGHT
Mike Heath Didcot is at the
halfway point of the original
GWR route from London to
Bristol and the home of the
Great Western Society which
has created a living museum
based around the original
engine shed, coal stage and
depot. With modern distractions cloaked by darkness, this
night-time portrait of the workings of the locomotives around
the meticulously preserved railway conjures a unique vision of
steam-era GWR with carefully lit, modern colour photography.
HALSGROVE 2010 HB 144pp Illus 215x230mm
7808 Cookham Manor and 1340 saddle-tank Trojan at Didcot
£14.99 20272 now £7.99
Peter Swift Richard Maunsell, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the
South Eastern and Chatham Railway and later Southern Railway
from 1913-37, gave his name to the long-lived Mogul family of locomotives. All Maunsell Moguls derived from the original basic
design, and variants operated all types of traffic in eight different
railway companies into the 1960s. This history of the class is aimed
at the railway modeller and provides detailed information and photographs for each period of its history. IAN ALLAN 2012 HB 96pp Illus
MAUNSELL MOGULS
£19.99 19920 now £7.99
Mike Heath Resurrecting a line closed by BR in the 1970s, the
East Lancashire Railway has been running services from its
base in Bury since 1987 and is home to a substantial collection
of locomotives, carriages and wagons. This portfolio of atmospheric photographs of the railway after dark captures many of
its steam and diesel engines alongside platforms or in the sheds,
as well as some of Britain’s most famous preserved locomotives
on visits to the line. HALSGROVE 2009 HB 144pp Illus 243x230mm
EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY BY NIGHT
£14.99 20269 now £6.99
THE HEJAZ
RAILWAY
NEW
James Nicholson The Hejaz
Railway was built by the
Ottomans in the late 19th
century to link Damascus with
Medina to the south, but only
remained in use until 1920 when
the Ottoman Empire collapsed
in the aftermath of the First
World War. This large-format
illustrated volume explores the
remarkable construction of the
railway across unforgiving
desert and mountain terrain, and
traces its history, including the famous raids on the line led by TE Lawrence
during the Arab Revolt (1916-18). STACEY 2007 HB 208pp Illus 304x256mm
£29.95 22808 now £14.99
IRON ROAD
The Railway in Scotland
BRADSHAW’S
RAILWAY MAP
CENTRAL EUROPE 1913
PJG Ransom Beginning in the 18th
century with horse-drawn carts on
wooden rails, this comprehensive,
well-illustrated history of Scottish
railways goes on to examine the first
steam locomotives, the growth of
the rail network and the Edwardian
‘Golden Age of Steam’. It also gives
detailed accounts of locomotive
development, post-war nationalization
and privatization in the 1990s, and
includes a chapter on the museums
entrusted with preserving Scotland’s
railway heritage.
NEW
For much of the 19th and early 20th
centuries, the name Bradshaw was synonymous with railway travel. Measuring
89 by 100 centimetres when unfolded,
this beautifully printed replica of the
timetable publisher’s 1913 railway map
reveals a vanished Europe in which Strasbourg is in Germany, Trieste is in Austria,
the Russian Empire extends deep into
Poland and the Balkans are a powderkeg waiting to explode. From the George
Bradshaw Railway Maps Collection.
MAPSEEKER 2012 Illus 890x1000mm
BIRLINN 2013 PB 334pp Illus 250x248mm
£14.99 21803 now £4.99
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Climbing the
Barada Gorge
in Lebanon
£20.00 19133 now £8.99
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TRANSPORT
John Law The Conservative government’s
Transport Act of 1980 made the deregulation of
bus services possible in Britain. Limited trials
began a year later and the policy was adopted
nationally (with the exception of Greater London)
in 1986. With over 180 colour images of buses
operating around the country, this photographic
survey charts the changes of a decade that saw
large operators broken up and sold and new
companies emerging to challenge the council-run
services. FONTHILL 2014 PB 96pp Illus 234x165mm
NEW
BRITISH BUSES OF THE 1980s
£14.99 22793 now £5.99
James Taylor In the early days of motorized
public service vehicles, motor manufacturers left it
to separate coachbuilders to provide the bodywork
for their vehicles, and that mode of production
became the norm in the British bus industry. This comprehensive, illustrated survey
provides an alphabetical reference to all known makers of full-size bus bodies in
Britain between 1919 and 1975, from small-scale local workshops to leading names
such as Park Royal, Roe and Weymann. CROWOOD PRESS 2013 HB 192pp Illus 286x225mm
A-Z OF BRITISH BUS BODIES
LAND ROVER DISCOVERY
25 Years of the Family 4x4
James Taylor When the Discovery was
launched in 1989 it filled a gap between
Land Rover’s original utilitarian vehicle
and its luxury Range Rover and in doing
so helped to create the market for family
4x4s that has become so significant. This
profile looks in detail at the four generations of the design, from the prototypes
and first production cars of 1990 up to the
2014 models, with detailed specifications,
design drawings, and interior and exterior
photographs of the various Discoveries.
NEW
CROWOOD 2014 HB 240pp Illus 260x232mm
£29.95 20506 now £12.99
THE MAHARAJAS AND THEIR
MAGNIFICENT MOTOR CARS
Gautam Sen The first horseless carriages
imported into India began a competition
among Indian royalty to outdo each other
with the magnificence of their motor cars.
From the extraordinary 1912 Brooke
‘swan car’ to classic Rolls Royces and
exotic sports cars, this volume tells the
story of the Rajas’ and Maharajas’ love
affair with the car and is illustrated with
portraits of the best surviving examples
and archive photographs of the vehicles
in their heyday.
HAYNES 2011 HB 384pp Illus 287x237mm
£40.00 18275 now £19.99
LONDON UNITED
ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS
Robert J Harley London United
Tramways (LUT) covered west London
from Shepherd’s Bush out as far as
Uxbridge and Hounslow, and across south
west London from Tooting to Hampton
Court. It brought cheap, reliable transport
for Londoners, but its success was hard
won. This richly illustrated account traces
the story of LUT from the initial struggles
against technical difficulties and anti-tram
prejudice, through its heyday under the
flamboyant General Manager, James
Clifton Robinson, to its demise in the late
1940s. CAPITAL TRANSPORT 2010 HB
£25.00 94564 now £9.99
£29.95 19608 now £12.99
THE LODEKKA ALTERNATIVE
Stewart J Brown The prevalence of low
railway bridges around the country made
a double-decker bus with a lower profile
desirable to operators, and the Bristol
Lodekka was designed to meet the demand in 1949. In the 1950s and 1960s all
the main bus chassis manufacturers
launched competitors, none of which
matched the Lowdekka’s success. This
collection of colour photographs surveys
the many alternative low-height buses,
including the AEC Bridgemaster, Albion
Lowlander and Dennis Loline.
BUS BLUNDERS
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 short-lived
British Coachways consortium and the
AMOS scheme that would have flooded
London with minibuses, and among the
bus models that went wrong are the
Daimler Roadliner and Guy Wulfrunian.
£22.50 19612 now £9.99
£19.99 98011 now £7.99
Dennis Edwards After the First World War, public transport services built tube lines
north and west of London into open fields, with complete assurance that developers,
houses and people would quickly
follow; and despite the economic
depression, London expanded
dramatically during the interwar years.
Illustrated with period photographs
from the London Transport Museum
and contemporary postcards, this book
follows the progress of the tube lines to
places such as Rayners Lane, Golders
Green, Morden and Cockfosters, and
the transformation of countryside
to suburbia. CAPITAL TRANSPORT
LONDON’S UNDERGROUND SUBURBS
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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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TRANSPORT
NEW P&O ACROSS THE OCEANS
ACROSS THE YEARS
A Pictorial Voyage
Ruth Artmonsky; Susie Cox Established
with a government mail contract in 1837,
the Peninsular and Oriental line became
a byword in luxury travel as its role of
transporting colonial administrators, soldiers,
planters and politicians to all parts of the
Empire became increasingly important. This
celebratory volume presents a collection of
illustrations, photographs and ephemera from
this golden era of sea travel (between the
mid-19th and mid-20th centuries) and draws
on the personal recollections of passengers
and crew from the P&O Heritage Collection.
£35.00 22789 now £14.99
SS Baradine by Frank Mason, used as a poster for P&O’s Capetown/Australia service, c.1922
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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ENGLAND’S
SHIPWRECK HERITAGE
From Logboats to U-boats
Heinrich Paasch Surveyor of ships
to Lloyd’s Register and with a lifetime
of experience in shipbuilding and repair, Heinrich Paasch was the first to
recognize the need for a universal dictionary defining the vocabulary of
ships. This facsimile edition of his
work, first published in 1885, provides an explanation of all the principal parts of a ship’s structure and
equipment for both sailing and steam
vessels, including propulsion machinery, rigging and even knots. (Originally published as From Keel to
Truck.) SKYHORSE 2014 PB 304pp Illus
Graham Smith Thanks to the prevailing winds,
balloonists taking off from London in the 19th
century would often find themselves landing in
Essex fields and as the interest in aviation blossomed, landing grounds for aeronautical experiments were established in the county. This history traces the development of flying in Essex
from these beginnings to the major aircraft production of the Handley Page and Avro companies and the fighter stations of the Second World
War. COUNTRYSIDE 2007 PB 224pp Illus
ESSEX AND ITS RACE FOR THE SKIES
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Catherine Rothwell Storms that can
whip up in a moment, acres of sandbanks
and a large tidal range have made the
north-west coast a treacherous stretch of
water down the centuries. This book
investigates the stories of shipwrecks and
attending rescue attempts from the 17th
century, when smugglers and wreckers
were as much a hazard to shipping as
the weather, to the sinking of the Irish
ferry Riverdance in 2008. HISTORY PRESS
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PAASCH’S ILLUSTRATED
MARINE DICTIONARY
BRITISH AIRLINER
PROTOTYPES
SINCE 1945
NEW SHIPWRECKS OF
THE NORTH-WEST COAST
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Serena Cant From the remains of primitive boats of uncertain date to 18th century
trading ships and vessels of the Second
World War, there are hundreds of wrecks
around England’s coast bearing testament
to the importance of shipping in the nation’s history. This illustrated study assesses the factors that have led to maritime
disasters over the centuries and provides
an insight into naval archaeology and
the role of English Heritage in the protection of historic wreck sites. ENGLISH
HERITAGE 2013 HB 300pp Illus 273x218mm
£50.00 19308 now £19.99
BORN OF ADVERSITY
Britain’s Airlines 1919-1963
Stephen Skinner No fewer
than 31 prototypes are
examined in detail in this
illustrated review of British
civil aircraft design since the
Second World War. Any plane
intended to carry more than ten
people meets Stephen
Skinner’s definition of an
airliner and among the models
explored are the post-war
development of the Lincoln
bomber and the Avro Tudor; stalwarts of the jet age, the de Havilland Comet and
Vickers VC-10; and the ultimate achievement in passenger aircraft, Concorde.
Guy Halford-MacLeod Despite
Winston Churchill’s remark that
‘civil aviation must fly by itself’,
competition from foreign, statesponsored 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.
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ARCHITECTURE
ARCHAEOLOGY
NEW WEMBLEY
STADIUM
NEW JOHN NASH
Architect of the Picturesque
Ed. Geoffrey Tyack John Nash (17521835) defined his era like few other
architects. His plans for Regent’s Park,
Regent Street and Buckingham Palace
transformed the face of London; his
Brighton Pavilion attracts visitors from
around the world; and he was among
the first to exploit new materials made
available by the Industrial Revolution.
With more than 200 illustrations –
many of them previously unpublished –
this volume brings together the work
of eight leading architectural historians
to explore the full range of Nash’s
achievements. ENGLISH HERITAGE
Norman Foster;
Simon Inglis
The original Wembley
had acquired global
fame through decades
of important events: the
task of Foster and
Partners in rebuilding it
was to retain this iconic
status while creating
the finest modern
stadium in the world.
This architectural
The stadium from
profile tells the story of the ground, dating back to 1922, and
reviews the concept, design, development and construction of the
the north-west
new arena, with detailed architectural drawings and visualizations,
with Wembley
Norman Foster’s own preliminary sketches, and photographs of the
Arena in the
completed building. PRESTEL 2012 HB 96pp Illus 208x208mm
foreground
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A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN
Catholic Churches of England and Wales
Christopher Martin; Photo. Alex Ramsay For more than two centuries,
Catholic worship was illegal in England and the building of Catholic churches
was forbidden. This landmark survey examines the many new churches built
after the Catholic Relief Act of 1791. It presents magnificent colour illustrations
and accompanying descriptions of buildings ranging from the neo-Renaissance
splendour of St Charles Borromeo in Hull to the Modernist cathedrals in Bristol
and Liverpool, and sets this rich and varied architectural legacy in historical,
social and cultural context. ENGISH HERITAGE 2009 PB 224pp Illus 268x248mm
£20.00 17682 now £9.99
THE BOOK OF THE
EDWARDIAN AND
INTERWAR HOUSE
Richard Russell Lawrence
Over a million homes were built in Britain
during the Edwardian period and another
four million in the interwar years; most of
them are still standing. This book explains
why and by whom these properties were
built and traces the development of
architectural styles and interior decor
from English vernacular in the 1900s to
the arrival of modernism during the
1930s. Part two looks in detail at the
houses’ construction and decoration, with
chapters devoted to the various elements
of a house, from roofs to paint finishes.
Peter Bishop As icons of architecture,
technology, power and culture, bridges
feature strongly in our imaginations and
have inspired art and literature from
Wordsworth’s Ode on Westminster Bridge
to Bridge on the River Kwai. In this illustrated account, Peter Bishop examines
the role of the bridge over the last 200
years, examining the advances in technology, design and materials in the construction of bridges, and discussing their
contribution to history and modernity.
BRIDGE
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REAKTION 2008 PB 240pp Illus 206x155mm
£16.95 18374 now £6.99
SILVANUS TREVAIL
Cornish Architect and Entrepreneur
Ronald Perry; Hazel Harradence
A century ago, Silvanus Trevail needed
no introduction. President of the Society
of Architects and mayor of Truro, he
was as famous for his radical politics
as for his 300 schools, churches, libraries
and housing developments. Then, in
1903, he put a revolver to his head,
ending his brilliant career at 52. With over
150 colour photographs and a complete
catalogue of his buildings, this book is
the first to chart his life and achievements.
FRANCIS BOUTLE 2008
PB 245pp Illus 244x190mm
ANGLICAN CHURCH
BUILDING IN LONDON
1946-2012
Michael Yelton; Photo. John Salmon
After the Blitz devastated many of London’s historic churches, some 250 new
ones were built throughout the capital,
mostly in the Modernist style. They have
received little attention, and some have
fallen into neglect or been demolished;
but as this unique survey makes clear,
many have considerable architectural
merit. A general introduction is followed
by a borough-by-borough gazetteer, with
each entry illustrated by both an interior
and exterior view. The book concludes
with a list of architects and their work.
SPIRE 2013 HB 330pp Illus 240x160mm
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ARCHITECTURE/DESIGN
CANTERBURY AND
THE GOTHIC REVIVAL
Lawrence Lyle; Marjorie Lyle Canterbury
Cathedral is both the mother church of the
Anglican communion and the pinnacle of
English Gothic, yet the iconoclastic ravages
of the Reformation were followed by a century
of neglect in the Georgian era. With more than
50 illustrations, including a striking colour
section, this absorbing study charts the efforts
of the Victorian architect William Butterfield,
along with the artists and clergy who shared
his vision, to restore the cathedral to its
former glory. HISTORY PRESS 2013 PB
£14.99 19714 now £6.99
Poster for a talk by Adolf Loos,
showing the Looshaus
Christopher Long When completed
in 1911, the Goldman & Salatsch building
in Vienna created a furore. Above a
traditional marble portico, its sheer
concrete walls and square, unadorned
windows offered a glimpse of the
future that – depending on the viewer’s
perspective – was either terrifying or
liberating. Drawing on extensive new
research, this handsomely illustrated
book sets the story of this key work
of Modernism and the life of its
architect, Adolf Loos (1870-1933),
against the cultural ferment of turnof-the-century Vienna.
THE LOOSHAUS
YALE UP 2011 HB 255pp Illus 230x153mm
£35.00 20161 now £9.99
Jack Simmons; Robert Thorne
Bristling with spires and turrets, St Pancras
Station and the adjoining Midland Hotel
form one of the most glorious examples
of Victorian Gothic architecture in London.
When this book first appeared in 1968,
however, their future looked bleak. Its
classic account of the buildings’ planning,
creation and architectural significance
gave weight to the campaign, spearheaded
by John Betjeman, to save them. Additional
chapters in this new edition chart the
station’s rescue and transformation
into the stylish Eurostar terminus.
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Michael Robinson Beginning with a
concise survey of the life and work of
William Morris (1834-96) and paying
particular attention to his pivotal role
in the Arts and Crafts Movement, this
volume presents a selection of his
much- loved designs for wallpaper
and printed, woven and embroidered
textiles. Altogether, there are almost
100 designs presented in full page
colour reproductions, with notes on
their motifs and original intended
use. Masterpieces of Art series.
WILLIAM MORRIS
FLAME TREE 2014 HB
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HISTORICAL 2012 HB 180pp Illus
£22.50 21382 now £9.99
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.
HENRY WILSON: Practical Idealist
LUTTERWORTH 2009 HB 268pp Illus 245x190mm
£52.75 20916 now £11.99
Gold enamel rose brooch by Henry Wilson, c.1912
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A Leonardo ‘theory machine’, a spiral
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LEONARDO DA VINCI
Experience, Experiment and Design
Martin Kemp Leonardo da Vinci was the
archetypal Renaissance man: artist, scientist, architect, inventor and philosopher. Yet
as the sketches in his notebooks show, his
thinking in all these fields was primarily
visual. Produced in association with a major
exhibition at the V&A, this fascinating
study examines 200 of his drawings – all
reproduced in colour – to provide an unrivalled insight into the workings of his
creative mind on every subject from human
anatomy to the laws that govern the
universe. V&A 2009 PB 240pp Illus 335x245mm
£19.99 90523 now £8.99
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DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION
NEW SUPERHEROES!
Capes, Cowls and the Creation
of Comic Book Culture
Laurence Maslon; Michael Kantor Making his
debut in 1938 in Action Comics, Superman was
the first of a series of superheroes that informed
and tracked American life through the war years
and the counterculture to today’s blockbuster
movies and graphic novels. Featuring more than
500 colour comic book panels, covers, sketches
and photographs, this book examines the
phenomenon of this American art form, drawing
on interviews with key figures in its history,
including Stan Lee and Carmine Infantino.
CROWN ARCHETYPE 2013 HB 304pp Illus 272x215mm
£30.00 22676 now £9.99
Cover of Superman comic No.22 from 1943
Carmen Jones design by
Mary Anne Nyberg, 1954
MODERN BRITISH POSTERS
Art, Design and Communication
Paul Rennie Since the 1860s the poster has been an
expression of the integration of modern art, graphic
design and mass communication. Its history through
the 20th century is illustrated and explored here in
a range of themes including transport, technology,
architecture, public safety, the seaside and popular
culture; in features on artists such as Paul Nash, Tom
Eckersley and Abram Games, and patrons such as
London Transport, British Railways and the Festival
of Britain. BLACK DOG 2010 HB 192pp Illus 279x230mm
HOLLYWOOD SKETCHBOOK
A Century of Costume Illustration
Deborah Nadoolman Landis With reproductions of work by more than 60
artists, from Eleanor Abbey to Susan
Zarate, this volume is a celebration of costume designers’ and costume illustrators’
contributions to cinematic storytelling
over the last 100 years. Professor Landis,
herself an Academy Award nominated costume designer, provides a substantial introduction to the history and art of costume
in film, and the book concludes with a filmography detailing the career highlights
of each of the featured artists. HARPER
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London
Transport
poster by
Andrew
Power, 1934
DESIGN 2012 HB 600pp Illus 311x237mm
$75.00 19905 now £19.99
Rebecca Salter Beginning with a brief history of
printing in Japan, this book covers the various popular
and commercial applications of Japanese woodblock
printing during the Edo and Meiji periods (1603-1912).
Discussing 200 illustrated examples, Salter explores the
everyday items produced using woodblock techniques
more usually associated in the West with ukiyo-e prints;
and reveals much about Japanese culture and tradition
through printed items such as calendars, prayer slips,
playful prints, games and decorative papers.
JAPANESE POPULAR PRINTS
HAWAII UP 2006 PB 208pp Illus 246x190mm
19269 now £6.99
An English reading primer by Shōsai Ikkei, 1872
Christian Dior
at work on a
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the 1950s
LUXURY FASHION
A Global History of Heritage Brands
Caroline Cox From James Lock & Co, hatters
since 1676, to Missoni, founded in 1953, this
volume provides in-depth portraits of over 50
of the finest luxury and heritage brands, tracing
their history and revealing how they have
sustained reputations for quality and style into
the 21st century. The illustrations include period
prints, modern fashion shots and photographs
of celebrities caught wearing the clothes or
carrying the handbags. The book concludes
with a directory of a further 160 brands.
BLOOMSBURY 2013 HB 288pp Illus 288x240mm
£30.00 20228 now £12.99
Postcard by Paul Klee for
the 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition
THE BAUHAUS GROUP
Six Masters of Modernism
Nicholas Fox Weber Alongside Walter
Gropius, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky
and Mies van der Rohe, the husbandand-wife 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. Americancut pages. YALE UP 2009 PB 544pp Illus
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NEW CITY OF LONDON
The History
David Kynaston The ‘Square Mile’, London’s
financial powerhouse, rose to prominence with
the defeat of Napoleon in 1815. Since then, it has
experienced the ups and downs of the railway
boom, the Wall Street Crash, deregulation in
1986 and the Baring collapse of 1995. This
groundbreaking history tells a story as dramatic
as any novel. Anecdotal and entertaining, it lifts
the lid on the mysterious world of bankers and
brokers, typists and clerks, booms and
bankruptcies, rogue traders and racketeers.
CHATTO & WINDUS 2011 HB 704pp Illus
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The quay at Lymington
Terry Heathcote; Fred Barter
The stretch of water between the
south coast and the Isle of Wight
is the subject of this celebratory
collection of photographs. The
five chapters focus on the areas
of the New Forest, Southampton,
Portsmouth, Chichester and the Isle
of Wight itself; and include images,
with informative captions, of historic
sites ranging from Roman palaces
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NEW
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NEW THE BLUNDERS
OF OUR GOVERNMENTS
Anthony King; Ivor Crewe Over recent
decades, British governments of all parties
have committed spectacular errors of
judgement: the Poll Tax, the Millennium
Dome, Blair’s failed IT project for the NHS,
the Assets Recovery Agency that cost more to
run than it ever clawed back from organized
crime... The list is ever growing. Informed by
years of research and interviews with cabinet
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expense. ONEWORLD 2013 HB 486pp
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NEW THE SEASON
A Summer Whirl Through the English Social Season
Sophie Campbell Anyone who’s anyone simply has to be at Goodwood,
darling. And Ascot, Cowes, Henley, Glyndbourne, the Chelsea Flower Show
and all the other social and sporting fixtures of ‘The Season’. Determined to
penetrate the mysteries of this very English phenomenon, Sophie Campbell
maxed out her credit card, squeezed into a diaphanous frock and sallied forth.
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Britain on the Brink in the Age of Napoleon
David Andress chronicles the ‘remarkably dogged, occasionally
despairing, but at last overwhelmingly successful British fight against
the continental power embodied in the “Grand Empire” of Napoleon
Bonaparte’. He describes the military conflict itself, but also examines
how it affected both high politics and the very active social resistence
of the time. As well as the international contest of ideologies, the study
considers the bitterly divided society within Britain, even as it prevailed
over Napoleon. LITTLE, BROWN 2012 HB 448pp Illus
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Welcome...
to Postscript’s latest catalogue, which this
month favours bird-lovers. On pages 26-27,
you will find books from specialist
ornithological publishers such as T & AD
Poyser – the Black-winged Stilt on our cover
is from Avian Survivors, one of the Poyser
Monograph series – but there are also
popular illustrated studies of owls and
puffins and, elsewhere in the catalogue,
a naturalist’s guide to garden birds (p57).
For those out and about this summer,
whether bird-watching or simply admiring
the view, our British Isles pages (pp20-23)
are full of enticements to explore landscapes
such as Yorkshire’s Dinosaur Coast, Loch
Lomond and the Trossachs or the Lakeland
Fells, and for those venturing further afield,
there are Globetrotter guides on page 32.
Even our holiday reading for children
(pp52-3) includes adventurous journeys,
with colourful new versions of Homer’s
Odyssey and the saga of Leif Eriksson
(The Viking Codex). But where’er you
roam, best wishes for fair weather and
good reading from all at Postscript.
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The Genius
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England reveal the artistry
of the finest books produced
between the 8th and 16th
centuries and offer unique
insights into the lives and
aspirations of those for
whom they were made.
Drawn mainly from the
Old Royal Library, given
to the nation by George II
in 1757 and now in the
British Library, over 150
Miniature in the Miroir Historial by Vincent de
examples are reproduced
Beauvais depicting the author, Bruges, c.1480
in this exhibition catalogue,
along with full page commentaries and three illustrated essays.
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Claire Macdonald;
Jenny Stringer This
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covers every aspect of food
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Written by the leaders of
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onions to the art of soufflé
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John Sadler; Rosie Serdiville Drawn from
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