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These 4 items are available for $61, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXGBR446)

AA Leisure Guide Cotswolds  •  Christopher Knowles GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 160 PAGES From Britain's largest travel publisher comes a handy, map-filled guidebook offering suggested walks, bicycle rides and driving tours of the Cotswolds region, along with information on shopping, local activities and festivals. (GBR882, $19.95)
The Story of England  •  Christopher Hibbert HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES Beautifully illustrated with color pictures, chronological charts, royal genealogies, and maps, this popular history of English politics, economics, and culture from the Neolithic to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. Hibbert, a masterful storyteller, relates anecdotes that bring history to life in this concise, highly readable introduction to England's past. (GBR02, $14.95)
Oxford, A Cultural and Literary Companion  •  David Horan GUIDEBOOK •  1999 •  PAPER  • 246 PAGES A volume in the erudite series "Cities of the Imagination," this guide to the city and university focuses on the many writers and historic personalities from King Charles to Shelley, Christopher Wren, Oscar Wilde, Dr. Johnson, Alice of the Looking Glass, and C.S. Lewis. (GBR239, $15.00)
Cotswolds & Gloucestershire Map  •  Ordnance Survey 2005 •  MAP A colorful and handy touring map of the Cotswolds and Gloucestershire from the west of Oxford to Bristol at a scale of 1:100,000. Excellent for touring and local route planning. One Side. 38x50 inches. (GBR496, $14.95)

Oxford Map  •  Ordnance Survey    •  This detailed, double-sided Ordnance Survey Explorer's map shows parts of the Thames Path, Oxford Canal Walk, Oxfordshire Way and other walks in the countryside at a scale of 1:250,000. (GBR243, $23.95)
Stratford Upon Avon Map  •  Geographers' A-Z    •  A helpful street map of Stratford Upon Avon. (GBR475, $7.95)
Blue Guide Oxford & Cambridge  •  Geoffrey Tyack   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This guide in the British series covers in detail the art, history and architecture of Oxford and Cambridge. With maps, site plans and line drawings. (GBR470, $21.95)
The Cotswold Way  •  Kev Reynolds   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide in the British series. (GBR588, $19.95)
A Traveller's History of England  •  Christopher Daniell   • HISTORY  •  A good compact history of England that spans from the days of Roman rule to membership in the European Economic Community. (GBR38, $14.95)
A Traveller's History of Oxford  •  Richard Tames   • HISTORY  •  A compact history from settlement to the present. (GBR374, $14.95)
Notes from a Small Island  •  Bill Bryson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A farewell walking tour of England by an American expatriate who has decided to return home after two decades. Like all of Bryson's books, it's full of rich conversations, humorous anecdotes and amusing interactions. (GBR16, $14.99)
The Age of Shakespeare  •  Francois Laroque   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This pocket-size encyclopedia, an excellent introduction to Elizabethan England, presents Shakespeare, his life, times and legacy in concise essays and well-chosen illustrations. (GBR11, $12.95)
The Mother Tongue, English and How it Got That Way  •  Bill Bryson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An indispensable guide to the language that divides us, this book is an informative linguistic history which showcases Bryson's wry wit. (GBR15, $14.99)
The Professor and the Madman  •  Simon Winchester   • HISTORY  •  The bizarre true story behind the birth of the Oxford English Dictionary and two men -- one a scholarly editor, the other a mentally ill, convicted murderer -- who contributed to its creation. (GBR178, $13.99)
Hugh Casson's Oxford  •  Hugh Casson   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Paintings and memories of Oxford by an architect and watercolorist. (GBR240, $14.95)
Life in the English Country House, A Social and Architectural History  •  Mark Girouard   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A celebrated social and architectural history of life in English country houses, fully illustrated in black and white and color, first published in 1978. Girouard traces the history of these houses from medieval times to World War II. (GBR221, $45.00)
In Search of England  •  H.V. Morton  •  James Morris   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings through the English countryside in the early days of the motorcar. Morton charmingly mixes a deep appreciation of the art, culture and history of the place with his own keen observations. (GBR368, $16.00)
Looking for Class, Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge  •  Bruce Feiler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A witty, charming and astutely observed account of an American graduate student's year spent in the halls of England's most prestigious academic institutions. (GBR467, $14.95)
Shakespeare, A Life  •  Park Honan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A delightful, informative and up-to-date biography of the Bard, his life, work and times. (GBR472, $34.95)
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death  •  M.C. Beaton   • MYSTERY  •  In this installment of the Agatha Raisin series, our heroine has moved to a not-quite-so-quiet village in the Cotswolds, and of course finds her self in the middle of a puzzling murder. (GBR212, $6.99)
England, England  •  Julian Barnes   • LITERATURE  •  Barnes turns his characteristic wit toward both England and the traveling experience in this novel. (GBR45, $13.95)
Gaudy Night  •  Dorothy L. Sayers   • MYSTERY  •  A great Sayles mystery, set at Oxford, featuring the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey. (GBR187, $7.99)
Jude the Obscure  •  Thomas Hardy   • LITERATURE  •  Hardy's last novel, the story of a young man of the working-class searching for an education and acceptance in the unforgiving world of Victorian England. (GBR450, $10.00)
Literary Trails, British Writers in their Landscapes  •  Christina Hardyment   • LITERATURE  •  A survey of the British landscapes that have given shape to the literary characters of Jane Austen, Daphne du Maurier, Virginia Woolf, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, and Wordsworth. (GBR164, $49.50)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles  •  Thomas Hardy   • LITERATURE  •  This classic story traces heroine Tess Durbyfield's attempts to overcome social definitions and double standards in late 19th-century Dorset. (GBR676, $9.00)
The Golden Compass  •  Philip Pullman   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  The first in Pullman's classic His Dark Material's trilogy, this sophisticated fantasy follows a young girl's adventures based in an other-wordly Oxford. (GBR813, $22.95)
The Oxford Shakespeare, The Complete Works  •  William Shakespeare  •  Gary Taylor  •  John Jowett  •  William Montgomery  •  Stanley Wells   • LITERATURE  •  This tome is the authority in Shakespearean scholarship. In addition to the complete works, the book contains a general introduction, a brief introduction to each work and an abundance of secondary material. (GBR654, $40.00)
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson  •  Dan Zetterstrom  •  Killian Mullarney   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)