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	1066, The Year of the Conquest • David Howarth • HISTORY • A crack medievalist and storyteller, Howarth brings to life the momentous events of 1066 in rich, anecdotal history -- a classic portrait of the Norman invasion and conquest of England. (GBR115, $14.00)
	Agatha Christie A to Z: The Essential Reference to Her Life and Writings • Dawn B. Sova • MYSTERY • A scholarly compendium of everything Christie. (GBR48, $55.00)
	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)
	All Creatures Great and Small • James Herriot • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The first volume in the series of wildly popular tales by a country veterinarian -- and born storyteller -- set among the folk of the Yorkshire Dales. (GBR104, $7.99)
	The Aran Islands • J.M. Synge • Tim Robinson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A much-loved turn-of-the-century account of the islands (as contrasted with mainland Ireland), drenched in the Celtic soul of the Irish. (IRE26, $14.00)
	The Art and Architecture of London, An Illustrated Guide • Ann Saunders • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated guide to the architectural treasures of London. (GBR97, $24.95)
	Art and Society in the Middle Ages • Georges Duby • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A study of the relationship between the production of art and the nature of Medieval society. (EUR85, $30.55)
	Art of the Celts • Lloyd Robert Laing • Jennifer Laing • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series, this is a broad introduction to Celtic art, from the 5th century B.C. to 1200 A.D. (CLT02, $14.95)
	The Arts and Crafts Movement • Wendy Kaplan • Elizabeth Cumming • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A survey of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain, America and Europe, looking at the work of several important designers of furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork, textiles and architecture. (GBR120, $16.95)
	At Home with Beatrix Potter, The Creator of Peter Rabbit • Susan Denyer • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • OUT OF PRINT • A photographic tour through Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's beautiful home in England's Lake District. (GBR159, $17.95)
	Bath City Map • Geographers' A-Z • A street plan of Bath at a scale of 1:12,000. (GBR317, $9.95)
	The Battle of Britain, The Myth and Reality • Richard Overy • HISTORY • Renowned war historian Richard Overy's reassessment of the Battle of Britain. (WAR28, $13.95)
	Beowulf • Seamus Heaney • LITERATURE • A best-selling, critically acclaimed verse translation of the seminal Anglo-Saxon epic, which tells of a Scandinavian hero's bravery in defending Denmark from the monster Grendel. Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney translated. (SCN27, $13.95)
	Beside the Ocean of Time • George M. Brown • LITERATURE • OUT OF PRINT • A gentle coming-of-age tale by the Bard of Orkney George Mackay Brown. His short novel invokes the prehistoric ruins, Norse history and long traditions of rural Orkney in graceful prose with lovely attention to detail and rich insight into place. (SCT14, $19.95)
	A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury • Edith Pargeter • LITERATURE • A historical novel full of medieval battles and disputes over feudal succession. (GBR169, $13.50)
	Blue Guide Channel Islands • Peter McGregor Eadie • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to the Channel Islands with a focus on history, culture and architecture. It includes 8 maps and site plans, and travel information. (GBR148, $19.95)
	Blue Guide England • Ian Ousby • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN OCTOBER • Ideal for travelers with an interest in the archaeology, architecture and art of London and England. (GBR149, $34.95)
	The Bodleian Library and its Treasures, 1320-1700. • David Rogers • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A colorful, fully illustrated introduction to the famous library at Oxford. (GBR220, $50.00)
	The Body in the Library • Agatha Christie • MYSTERY • A classic Miss Marple mystery, set in London. (GBR186, $5.99)
	Brideshead Revisited • Evelyn Waugh • LITERATURE • A compact hardcover edition of Waugh's illuminating and entertaining portrait of England's aristocracy and, especially, of life in a country estate. (GBR106, $18.00)
	British Isles Map, Great Britain and Ireland • Michelin Travel Publications • A colorful and accurate map of both Great Britain and Ireland, at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (GBR07, $11.95)
	The British Isles, A History of Four Nations • Hugh Kearney • HISTORY • The Celts, Romans, Vikings, Normans and modern immigrants all make an appearance in Kearney's elegant and revisionist history, the tale of not just the English but also of the Scots, Welsh and Irish. (GBR88, $33.99)
	British Isles, Great Britain & Ireland Map • Hammond Maps • A colorful shaded relief map produced in the UK showing both Great Britain and Ireland. (GBR29, $11.95)
	The British Museum is Falling Down • David Lodge • LITERATURE • This funny novella pierces the facade of genteel academia. (GBR36, $14.00)
	Britons: Forging the Nations, 1707-1837 • Linda Colley • HISTORY • An interesting study of national British identity and the joining of England, Scotland and Wales. (GBR81, $21.00)
	The Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre • Simon Trussler • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A comprehensive history, profusely illustrated. (GBR234, $44.99)
	Castles of England, Scotland and Wales • Paul Johnson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A history and photographic tour of the castles of Britain. (GBR305, $16.95)
	A Celtic Miscellany • Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson • ANTHOLOGY • A compendium of Celtic literature up to the 19th century. (IRE93, $16.00)
	Celtic Prayers from Iona • J. Philip Newell • RELIGION • Inspired by the gaelic prayers and poems of the 19th-century Scotsman Alexander Carmichael, Philip Newell and his wife developed this handsome hard cover book while wardens on the island. (SCT21, $14.95)
	The Celts, Conquerors of Ancient Europe • Chriatiane Eluere • ARCHAEOLOGY • A colorful pocket-size encyclopedia documenting the art and archaeology of the Celts. With 100 maps and illustrations. (CLT01, $12.95)
	A Certain Justice • P.D. James • MYSTERY • A terrific mystery set in London, starring the redoubtable Adam Dagliesh. (GBR185, $7.99)
	Charles Rennie Mackintosh • Alan Crawford • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A heavily illustrated, compact survey of the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. (SCT24, $18.95)
	The Children of Henry VIII • Alison Weir • HISTORY • (GBR74, $16.00)
	A Christmas Carol • Charles Dickens • LITERATURE • The famous tale by the Victorian master, here with watercolor and colored-pencil illustrations. (GBR235, $3.95)
	City Secrets London • Robert Kahn • GUIDEBOOK • A connoisseur's guide to the city and its attractions, with personal recommendations by artists, designers, architects and personalities who have made their home in London. (GBR327, $19.95)
	Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe • Glynis Ridley • HISTORY • The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state. (FRN536, $12.00)
	Codebreakers, the Inside Story of Bletchley Park • Alan Stripp • F.H. Hinsley • HISTORY • Memoirs of life in the British code-cracking department during World War II. (WAR46, $19.95)
	The Collected Stories • Dylan Thomas • LITERATURE • A wonderful collection of short stories by the celebrated Welsh author and poet. These imaginative stories are well worth re-reading for their vivid characters, sense of place and, especially, Thomas's elegant prose. (GBR134, $17.95)
	Companion Guide Edinburgh and the Borders Country • A.J. Youngson • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive introduction to the history, culture and architecture of Edinburgh. (SCT19, $34.95)
	The Complete Angler, A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton • James Prosek • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Young angler, painter and writer James Prosek retraces the steps of the legendary fly fisherman Izaak Walton. (FSH02, $30.00)
	The Complete Angler, Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation • Izaak Walton • Charles Cotton • NATURAL HISTORY • This classic of fly fishing literature is both an informative introduction to the sport and a meditation on its timeless appeal. In print for nearly 350 years, the book is timeless itself. (FSH01, $15.00)
	The Complete Poems • John Keats • John Barnard • LITERATURE • A portable, paperback edition of all the poems of John Keats. (GBR162, $16.00)
	The Complete Sherlock Holmes, All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories • Arthur Conan Doyle • LITERATURE • This paperback volume manages to collect every Sherlock Holmes story that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote, including "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and his three other short novels concerning the legendary detective. (GBR157, $13.90)
	A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court • Mark Twain • LITERATURE • Twain's comic 1889 novel contains some discussion of the merits of monarchy. (GBR326, $9.00)
	Cotswolds Map • Ordnance Survey • A terrific, colorful, and very detailed topographic map of the Cotswolds, at a scale of 1:25,000. (GBR124, $19.95)
	The Crafts of Britain in the Twentieth Century • Tanya Harrod • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated survey of the British Arts and Crafts movement. (GBR119, $95.00)
	Crofter and the Laird • John McPhee • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • FAVORITE • McPhee packs up his family and returns to his ancestral land on the Isle of Colonsay for a year in this lyrical, appreciative portrait of place and traditional ways of life in the Hebrides. (SCT23, $15.00)
	Cross Channel • Julian Barnes • LITERATURE • Each linked in some way with cross channel experiences, these ten short stories range in time from the late 17th century to the year 2015. Comic, complex and intellectual. (GBR56, $13.00)
	Daphne du Maurier, Haunted Heiress • Nina Auerbach • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A powerful psychological profile of the novelist. (GBR117, $39.95)
	Darwin, Discovering the Tree of Life • Niles Eldredge • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A companion book to an exhibition organized by the American Museum of Natural History (November 19, 2005 - May 29, 2006), this richly illustrated celebration of Darwin, his life and ideas, brings together manuscripts, artifacts and materials collected by Darwin aboard the Beage with curator Eldredge's illuminating essays on natural selection. (NAT82, $35.00)
	Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860 • Roy Porter • HISTORY • A history of England that examines the repercussions of disease before public health care. (GBR112, $24.99)
	Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe • Henri Pirenne • HISTORY • Pirenne, an important economic historian, traces the economic and social development of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the 15th century in this classic book, first published in 1936. (EUR18, $15.00)
	Eleanor of Aquitaine, A Life • Alison Weir • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An extremely well-researched, enjoyable biography of the woman who was both queen of France (married to Louis VII) and queen of England (married to Henry II). Eleanor became a political and artistic powerbroker in an age when most women were seen but not heard. (FRN287, $17.00)
	Ellis Peters' Shropshire • Ellis Peters • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A personal tour of Shropshire by the prolific historical novelist Edith Pargeter (aka Ellis Peters). (GBR171, $15.95)
	Empire, The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present • Denis Judd • HISTORY • How the empire affected rulers and the ruled from the American Revolution to the present. (GBR80, $28.50)
	English Architecture, A Concise History • David Watkin • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A straightforward, illustrated history of English architecture from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. (GBR228, $14.95)
	English History 1914-1945 • Alan Taylor • HISTORY • A volume in the monumental 15-volume Oxford History of England. (GBR219, $229.75)
	English Watercolors, An Introduction • Graham Reynolds • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A discussion of the English watercolor movement, complemented by illustrations. (GBR182, $35.00)
	Fallen into the Pit • Ellis Peters • MYSTERY • The first entry in the "Inspector Felse" series of mysteries. (GBR167, $6.99)
	Far Afield • Susanna Kaysen • LITERATURE • This charming novel about a social anthropologist off on a grant to study the residents of the Faroes wonderfully evokes the people, culture and windswept landscapes of the islands. (ICL08, $14.00)
	The Far Islands and Other Cold Places, Travel Essays of A Victorian Lady • Elizabeth Taylor • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • Here are the tales of a no-nonsense "Victorian lady," featuring her great love for remote islands with bad weather. She writes of the people, culture, traditions and natural history of Iceland, Norway, Scotland, and the Faroe Islands with grace and insight. (ARC32, $16.95)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe • Guy Mountfort • FIELD GUIDE • A classic field guide in the Peterson series. (EUR15, $22.00)
	The Fighting Kings of Wessex • G.P. Baker • HISTORY • The story of the attempt of the Saxon kings to build their own nation in southwest England. (GBR77, $14.95)
	Final Rounds, A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime • James Dodson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The author's trip with his father to the great courses of Scotland and England. (GOL02, $16.00)
	Five Days in London, May 1940 • John Lukacs • HISTORY • A fly-on-the-wall account of a long weekend in 1940, capturing all the uncertainty, drama and suspense surrounding Churchill's affirmation that Britain would continue the war with Germany. (WAR47, $11.95)
	Flashman and the Tiger • George MacDonald Fraser • LITERATURE • This 11th installment in The Flashman Papers (purportedly retrieved and not written by George Macdonald Fraser, a nice conceit), consists of three short adventures, which find our hero cavorting with Bismarck and Emperor Franz-Josef and the future Edward VI. (WAF58, $14.95)
	Flora Britannica, The Concise Edition • Richard Mabey • NATURAL HISTORY • A brief survey of habitats, landscapes, and plants throughout Britain. (GBR207, $29.99)
	Fodor's Exploring Scotland • Gilbert Summers • GUIDEBOOK • With its many photographs, detailed descriptions and practical information, this compact guide covers Scotland in style. (SCT09, $22.00)
	The French Lieutenant's Woman • John Fowles • LITERATURE • This Victorian love story, set in Lyme Regis of 1867, tells the tale of an obscure relationship between Charles Smithson and a mysterious, enigmatic woman. (GBR209, $14.99)
	Gaudy Night • Dorothy L. Sayers • MYSTERY • A great Sayles mystery, set at Oxford, featuring the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey. (GBR187, $7.99)
	The Gothic Cathedral • Christopher Wilson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated overview of gothic cathedrals, their history, design and construction, covering the masterpieces built from the 12th to the 16th century. With photographs and diagrams. (EUR80, $34.95)
	The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $17.95)
	Great Britain and Ireland Map • Freytag & Berndt • A nicely detailed map showing both Great Britain and Ireland at a scale of 1:700,000. (GBR31, $12.95)
	A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany • Aubrey Burl • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent guide to finding -- and understanding -- all the major sites, plus a few not-so-well known ones. It includes maps, black-and-white photographs, site diagrams, and a bibliography. (GBR102, $35.00)
	Hadrian's Wall Map • Ordnance Survey • A detailed, comprhensive map of hadrian;s Wall and surrounding lands at a scale of 1:25,000. (GBR304, $19.95)
	Hadrian, The Restless Emperor • Anthony Birley • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An up-to-date, scholarly biography. (ITL260, $40.95)
	A Handful of Dust • Evelyn Waugh • LITERATURE • Satirical novel of Britain between the wars. (GBR190, $14.99)
	Hemingway's Chair • Michael Palin • LITERATURE • The story of a disgruntled postal worked in East Anglia. (GBR111, $14.95)
	Henry Esmond • Wiliam Makepeace Thackeray • LITERATURE • Thackeray's classic novel is excellent on the history and warfare of 18th-century England. (GBR85, $7.95)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $14.00)
	A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 B.C.-1603 A.D. • Simon Schama • HISTORY • An old-fashioned entertaining history of Britain, the first of several companion volumes to the television documentary. (GBR203, $40.00)
	The History of English Interiors • Peter Aprahamian • Ann Gore • Alan Gore • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The first comprehensive history of English interior decoration is collected here in a survey that covers a millennium's worth of styles. (GBR223, $29.95)
	A History of Scotland • J.D. Mackie • HISTORY • A classic -- and admirably concise -- history of Scotland. (SCT16, $17.00)
	How Green Was My Valley • Richard Llewellyn • LITERATURE • This best-selling and beloved story, full of humor and pathos, paints an indelible portrait of Wales and the Welsh. It is a reminiscence of youth at a time when south Wales prospered, before the dust of coal blackened the valley. (GBR69, $17.00)
	Hugh Casson's Oxford • Hugh Casson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Paintings and memories of Oxford by an architect and watercolorist. (GBR240, $14.95)
	An Illustrated History of the First World War • John Keegan • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War (WAR16, $50.00)
	In Search of England • Michael Wood • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Michael Wood combs the countryside in search of clues to English history and identity. (GBR323, $21.95)
	An Innocent in Ireland, Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters • David W. McFadden • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The determinedly eccentric Canadian poet and essayist McFadden abandons a more ambitious journey and simply walks the countryside, exploring modern day Irish character as well as Ireland's history. (IRE22, $18.95)
	An Innocent in Scotland, More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters • David W. McFadden • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A sequel to his rambles in Ireland, McFadden again taps local lore, personality and history in this most entertaining journey through Scotland. (SCT28, $18.95)
	Insight Compact Guide Bath & Surroundings • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A brief guide featuring color photographs, excellent local maps, travel information and suggested routes. (GBR42, $8.95)
	Insight Compact Guide North York Moors • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A brief, easy-to-carry, and colorful introduction to the North York Moors. (GBR146, $7.95)
	Insight Compact Guide Northumbria • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated introduction to Northumbria. (GBR200, $7.95)
	The Invention of Love • Tom Stoppard • LITERATURE • The writer A.E. Houseman, adrift on the River Styx, meets his younger self, and reflects on a life lived in the shadow of Oscar Wilde. Tom Stoppard's play delivers a powerful, intricate meditation on life, scholarship and the after-life. (GBR165, $12.00)
	Ivanhoe, A Romance • Sir Walter Scott • LITERATURE • A rousing tale of gallantry set in England in the era of Robin Hood. (GBR237, $5.95)
	Jamaica Inn • Daphne du Maurier • LITERATURE • This classic, set in Cornwall, has all the elements of a guilty pleasure: piracy, murder, the High Church, a dying request and a dashing young horse thief. (GBR52, $7.99)
	Jamaica Inn • Alfred Hitchcock • Hitchcock's film adaptation of the tale set in 19th-century Cornwall. (GBR62, $29.99)
	James Hutton, the Founder of Modern Geology • Scottish Natural Heritage • (GEO07, $28.00)
	A Journal of the Plague Year • Daniel Defoe • LITERATURE • Defoe's fictional -- and historically vivid -- account of Plague-stricken London. (GBR87, $10.00)
	Karen Brown's England, Wales and Scotland: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries • June Brown • GUIDEBOOK • A delightful, personal survey of inns, castles and other lodging of character, along with suggested itineraries and highlights. (GBR309, $19.95)
	Kidnapped • Robert Louis Stevenson • LITERATURE • Set in 18th-century Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, this is a story of attempted murder, shipwreck, and kidnapping as told by a young Whig. (SCT02, $9.00)
	King Arthur and His Knights • Eugene Vinaver • LITERATURE • A volume of Arthurian legends directly attributable to Mallory's original tales. (GBR90, $18.95)
	Knopf Guide England and Wales • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive and illustrated guide to England and Wales. (GBR191, $25.00)
	Lake District Tourist Map • Ordnance Survey • A terrific, colorful, and very detailed map of the Lake District, at a scale of 1: 110,000. (GBR125, $12.95)
	The Lake District, Landmark Visitors Guide • Landmark Publishing • GUIDEBOOK • OUT OF PRINT • A compact, fully illustrated guide to the Lake District, featuring dozens of maps, visitor attractions, travel information and suggested walks. (GBR141, $17.95)
	Lands End, The Lizard Map • Ordnance Survey • A detailed map of the most southwestern portion of England. (GBR123, $16.95)
	Large Scale Great Britain Topographic Maps • Ordnance Survey • (GBR103, $11.95)
	The Last Detective • Peter Lovesey • MYSTERY • This sophisticated gumshoe novel features an old-fashioned detective, a drowned BBC actress, a pair of stolen Jane Austen letters and a suspenseful chase through the Roman baths of Bath. (GBR314, $13.00)
	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, $42.00)
	The Lindisfarne Gospels • Janet Backhouse • RELIGION • A comprehensive introduction to the early Christian manuscript with lovely reproductions. (GBR201, $14.95)
	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)
	London Perceived • Evelyn Hofer • V. S. Pritchett • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A classic, lyrical celebration of the palaces, parks, people and everyday experience of London. Pritchett's eloquent riffs on the character of the city are accompanied by evocative black-and-white photographs by the superb Evelyn Hofer. (GBR310, $19.95)
	London, A Social History • Roy Porter • HISTORY • A short, illustrated history of London, chronicling the city from its origins as an outpost of the Roman Empire through medieval hub, Renaissance center and imperial capital. (GBR59, $20.95)
	Lonely Planet Britain • Tom Smallman • Bryn Thomas • Pat Yale • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Great Britain. (GBR202, $29.99)
	Lonely Planet Wales • John King • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive practical guide to Wales. (GBR337, $19.99)
	The Longitude Prize • Joan Dash • Dusan Petricic • LITERATURE • A book for young readers about inventing a device to measure longitude. (GBR193, $17.00)
	Lorna Doone • R.D. Blackmore • LITERATURE • The classic romantic novel set at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion in the 17th century. (GBR83, $13.95)
	Lying with the Enemy • Tim Binding • LITERATURE • A murder mystery set on the island of Guernsey during the German occupation. (GBR204, $12.95)
	The Mabinogion • Jeffrey Gantz • LITERATURE • These eleven Welsh stories, beautiful in their strangeness, combine fact with fantasy, myth with history and folklore, into one of the great Welsh epics, the only Welsh collection that survived. (GBR67, $12.00)
	The Mackintosh Style, Design and Decor • Elizabeth Wilhide • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This concise volume illustrates the most celebrated works of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. (SCT26, $29.95)
	Making of the Middle Ages • Richard W. Southern • HISTORY • A classic history of 10th to 13th century Europe, covering culture, politics and major personalites. (EUR105, $19.00)
	Mammals of Europe • Priscilla Barrett • David W. MacDonald • FIELD GUIDE • Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals. (FG61, $34.95)
	Mary Queen of Scots • Antonia Fraser • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This richly readable biography, the story of a legend who was loved even en route to her death, illuminates Mary's age as well as the figure herself. (SCT01, $20.00)
	Medieval Art • Marilyn Stokstad • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A comprehensive survey of medieval art throughout Europe. (EUR91, $65.00)
	Modern Wales, A Concise History • Gareth Elwyn Jones • HISTORY • A scholarly, informative survey of the recent history of Wales. This highly regarded book covers the economical, political and educational factors that have shaped present day Wales. (GBR133, $32.99)
	A Morbid Taste for Bones • Ellis Peters • MYSTERY • In this historical mystery, 11th century monk and head of Shrewsbury Abbey Brother Cadfael travels to a small Welsh village to retrieve the relics of St. Winifred. A murder ensues and Cadfael must investigate. (GBR166, $6.99)
	The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Secret Adversary: An Agatha Christie Omnibus • Agatha Christie • LITERATURE • A new edition including two of Christie's popular novels. (GBR51, $12.95)
	North England Map • Ordnance Survey • A regional map of northern England at a scale of 1;250,000. It covers the North York Moors, Yorkshire Dales, Lake District and other popular tourist attractions between Manchester and Newcastle Upon Tyne. (GBR35, $12.95)
	Northanger Abbey • Jane Austen • LITERATURE • Jane Austen's first novel parodies the Gothic thrillers of her day. Catherine Morland is a country girl spending a season in sophisticated Bath, where she falls for Henry Tilney, who invites her home to his possibly haunted mansion (GBR313, $7.00)
	Northumbria Walks • Jarold Staff • GUIDEBOOK • (GBR303, $14.95)
	Off in a Boat, Hebridean Voyage • Neil Miller Gunn • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Gunn captures the romance and exhilaration of small boat travel in this enchanting account of a 1930s voyage through the Hebrides, interweaving his own adventures with history and lore. (GBR66, $14.95)
	Offshore • Penelope Fitzgerald • LITERATURE • Penelope Fitzgerald won the 1979 Booker Prize for this slim, delicate novel, which illustrates the lives of a motley assortment of houseboat-dwellers on the Thames River in the 1960's. (GBR329, $12.95)
	Oliver Cromwell Historical Association Studies • Peter Gaunt • HISTORY • (GBR217, $33.95)
	Oliver Cromwell Profiles in Power • Barry Coward • HISTORY • A brief, cogent introduction to Cromwell's political career. (GBR218, $26.67)
	On the Black Hill • Bruce Chatwin • LITERATURE • OUT OF PRINT • Renowned writer and traveler Chatwin tells the story of identical twins on a Welsh borderland farm and the effects of a modernizing world that surrounds them. (GBR131, $14.00)
	The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain • Kenneth O. Morgan • HISTORY • A sweeping history of Britain with contributions by ten scholars. (GBR227, $31.95)
	The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart England • John Morrill • HISTORY • The most authoritative general history of the Tudors and the Stuarts ever published. (GBR89, $49.95)
	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, $19.95)
	The Oxford Movement in Context, Anglican High Churchmanship, 1760-1857 • Peter B. Nockles • ART & ARCHITECTURE • (GBR215, $45.00)
	Oxford, A Cultural and Literary Companion • David Horan • GUIDEBOOK • This guide to the city and university focuses on the many writers and historic personalities from King Charles to Shelly, Christopher Wren, Oscar Wilde, Dr. Johnson, Alice of the Looking Glass, and C.S. Lewis. (GBR239, $15.00)
	Oxford, An Architectural Guide • Helena Webster • Peter Howard • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A guidebook for the architecturally minded traveler to Oxford. (GBR242, $12.00)
	Painting in Britain, 1530-1790 • Ellis Waterhouse • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A comprehensive study of painting of the period, both scholarly and readable. (GBR225, $35.00)
	Pallas Guide East Anglia: Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk • Peter Sager • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, illustrated guide, with a focus on local culture and history. (GBR322, $35.00)
	Passport United Kingdom: Your Pocket Guide to British Business, Customs & Etiquette • Timothy Harper • Barbara Szerlip • Tom Watson • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to British etiquette and manners. (GBR230, $6.95)
	Persuasion • Jane Austen • LITERATURE • Set in Lyme Regis and Bath, this novel is possibly Austen's most mature finished work. There's particular pleasure for Bath-goers here, as much of the final action unfolds in streets and buildings that exist in Bath to this day. (GBR208, $5.95)
	The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens • LITERATURE • First published in installments in 1836 and wildly successful in its day, this is the book that launched Dickens' career. It tells of Samuel Pickwick's highly comedic adventures in the wide world, including a riotous sequence among the aristocrats of Bath. (GBR316, $12.00)
	Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages • John Ure • HISTORY • (EUR202, $15.95)
	The Pillars of the Earth • Ken Follett • LITERATURE • An epic love story set in 12th-century England, centering around the building of a Cathedral (GBR226, $20.00)
	Polly, The True Story Behind Whiskey Galore • Roger Hutchinson • HISTORY • A history of the famous 1941 shipwreck in the outer Hebrides on which the novel was based. (GBR65, $18.00)
	The Pre-Raphaelites • Timothy Hilton • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated survey of the Pre-Raphealite painters and their works. (GBR181, $14.95)
	Pride and Prejudice • Jane Austen • LITERATURE • Austen's favorite of all her novels, this comedy follows the romantic fortunes of the Bennet sisters, who in the absence of any monetary advantages must win their husbands with wit (Elizabeth), sweetness (Jane) or threat of legal action (Lydia). (GBR324, $7.95)
	The Princes in the Tower • Alison Weir • HISTORY • This fascinating historical whodunit probes the enduring murder mystery involving the boy king, Edward V, and his brother Richard, Duke of York. (GBR75, $14.95)
	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, $13.95)
	Queen Elizabeth I • J.E. Neale • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The classic biography of the strong-minded, influential queen. (GBR76, $16.95)
	Recollections of a Happy Life, Being the Autobiography of Marianne North • Marianne North • EXPLORATION • An illustrated account of the intrepid Victorian traveler, botanist and painter Marianne North. (GBR328, $25.00)
	Richard II • Gurr • William Shakespeare • LITERATURE • A fine paperback edition of the classic play. (GBR177, $16.99)
	Rick Steves' French, Italian & German Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. (EUR142, $9.95)
	The Rise and Fall of the British Empire • Lawrence James • HISTORY • An epic of the empire's achievements from 1600 to the present. (GBR72, $21.95)
	Rob Roy • Sir Walter Scott • LITERATURE • Adventure in the highlands of 18th-century Scotland starring the dashing outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. Part of the "Penguin Classics" series, this book contains explanatory notes and an introduction that sets it in its historical context. (SCT20, $11.00)
	Rob Roy MacGregor: His Life & Times • W. H. Murray • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A nicely old-fashioned, chronological account of the life and times of Scotland's great hero. (SCT31, $11.95)
	The Romance of Tristan and Iseult • Joseph Bedier • Hillaire Belloc • LITERATURE • This chivalric myth -- of Arthurian fame -- features a Cornish knight and an Irish princess who are under a spell of love. (GBR246, $11.00)
	Rough Guide Devon and Cornwall • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A no-nonsense, comprehensive travel guide to Devon and Cornwall. (GBR211, $18.99)
	Rough Guide Wales • Mike Parker • Paul Whitfield • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to Wales in the British series, nicely balanced between practical travel details and an overview of the history and culture. (GBR140, $19.99)
	Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Major Works • H.J. Jackson • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • LITERATURE • A collection of the greatest writing of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, including "Kubla Khan" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Many of his critical pieces, letters and other writings are also included. (GBR198, $18.95)
	The Sceptered Isle 55 BC-1901, From the Roman Invasion to the Death of Queen Victoria • Christopher Lee • HISTORY • A companion volume to the popular BBC radio series. (GBR154, $45.00)
	Scotland Map • Michelin Travel Publications • A clear, colorful road map at a scale of 1:400,000. (SCT12, $8.95)
	Scotland, A Concise History • Fitzroy MacLean • Magnus Linklater • HISTORY • With 250 well-integrated illustrations, this lively, authoritative history covers the romantic figures and bloody battles from the early clans up to the present. (SCT15, $19.95)
	The Secret Agent • Joseph Conrad • LITERATURE • This classic spy story by Joseph Conrad gives a fine portrait of turn-of-the-century London (GBR86, $5.95)