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1066, The Year of the Conquest

1066, The Year of the Conquest


by David Howarth

  • HISTORY
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 207 PAGES

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)

After You With The Pistol

After You With The Pistol


by Kyril Bonfiglioli

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

Another installment in the British Charlie Mortdecai series, starring a whiskey-swilling man-about-town. (GBR590, $13.95)

Agatha Christie A to Z: The Essential Reference to Her Life and Writings

Agatha Christie A to Z: The Essential Reference to Her Life and Writings


by Dawn B. Sova

  • MYSTERY
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

A scholarly compendium of everything Christie. (GBR48, $55.00)

Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death

Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death


by M.C. Beaton

  • MYSTERY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 201 PAGES

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, $7.99)

The Age of Bede


by J.F. Webb | D.H. Farmer

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century provides insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. (GBR552, $14.00)

The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848


by Eric J. Hobsbawm

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 356 PAGES

A trenchant account of society's vast transformation wrought by the French Revolution and Britain's Industrial Revolution. (GBR418, $16.95)

The Age of Shakespeare

The Age of Shakespeare


by Francois Laroque

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES

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 Agricola and the Germania

The Agricola and the Germania


by Tacitus | Harold Mattingly | S.A. Handford

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 121 PAGES

Two texts of classical antiquity by Tacitus. Agricola is a eulogy for his father-in-law, the governor of Roman Britain. Germania is one of the earliest and most extensive account of the early Germanic World (EUR182, $15.00)

Albion, The Origins of the British Imagination


by Peter Ackroyd

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 560 PAGES

In this extended essay novelist and historian Peter Ackroyd meditates on English identity and its meaning for English writers, painters and composers. (GBR543, $19.95)

All Things Bright and Beautiful


by James Herriot

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 438 PAGES

Yorkshire veterinarian Herriot describes the adventures and experiences of his career as he tends to sick cattle, pregnant ewes, ailing dogs and their eccentric owners, in a celebration of the relationships between humans and animals. (GBR554, $8.99)

All Things Wise and Wonderful


by James Herriot

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

Another memoir from beloved veternarian and author James Herriot, this time recounting his experiences during World War II as he trains for the Royal Air Force and returns home to Yorkshire whenever possible to see his pregnant wife, Helen. (GBR553, $7.99)

The Anatomy of Melancholy


by Robert Burton

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 1392 PAGES

The 17th-century examination of melancholy. (GBR447, $27.95)

Anglo-Saxon England


by Frank M. Stenton

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 811 PAGES

A standard history, first published in 1943. (GBR542, $35.00)

The Aran Islands

The Aran Islands


by J.M. Synge | Tim Robinson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

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, $15.00)

Art and Society in the Middle Ages


by Georges Duby

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A study of the relationship between the production of art and the nature of Medieval society. (EUR85, $30.55)

Art of the Celts

Art of the Celts


by Lloyd Robert Laing | Jennifer Laing

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

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, $19.95)

The Arts and Crafts Movement

The Arts and Crafts Movement


by Wendy Kaplan | Elizabeth Cumming

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

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, $18.95)

As You Like It


by Paul Werstine | Barbara Mowat | William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Part of the New Folger Library Shakespeare Series, Shakespeare's full text with a scene by scene prose summary and critical analysis. (TTR06, $3.99)

Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare, A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying the Works of Shakespeare


by Isaac Asimov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 1536 PAGES

A useful companion to the Bard's plays. (GBR434, $24.99)

Atonement

Atonement


by Ian McEwan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 351 PAGES

A deeply engrossing family saga, evocatively set in Britain. (GBR370, $15.00)

The Authentic Shakespeare: And other Problems of the Early Modern Stage


by Stephen Orgel

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

A collection of fifteen essays on the Renaissance stage. (GBR616, $33.95)

Barchester Towers


by Anthony Trollope

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

Trollope's1857 sequel to The Warden. (GBR440, $12.00)

Bath City Map


by Geographers' A-Z

  • MAP

A street plan of Bath at a scale of 1:12,000. (GBR317, $9.95)

The Battle of Britain, The Myth and Reality


by Richard Overy

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Renowned war historian Richard Overy's reassessment of the Battle of Britain. (WAR28, $17.95)

The Beggar's Opera


by John Gay | T.O. Treadwell

  • LITERATURE
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

Written in 1728, Gay's ballad opera is satirical look at 18th-century London. (GBR460, $11.00)

Beowulf


by Seamus Heaney

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 215 PAGES

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)

Bess of Hardwick, Emprie Builder

Bess of Hardwick, Emprie Builder


by Mary S. Lovell

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

Chronicles the life of a sixteenth-century impoverished nobleman's daughter who rose to become one of England's most wealthy and powerful women. (GBR679, $18.95)

Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden, Drought-Resistant Planting Through the Year


by Steven Wooster | Beth Chatto

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

British horticulturist Beth Chatto shows fellow green-thumbs how to get their flowers to bloom in gravelly, sandy soil. (GRD01, $35.00)

A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury

A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury


by Edith Pargeter

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 378 PAGES

A historical novel full of medieval battles and disputes over feudal succession. (GBR169, $13.50)

Blue Guide Channel Islands

Blue Guide Channel Islands


by Peter McGregor Eadie

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

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 Museums and Galleries of London

Blue Guide Museums and Galleries of London


by Malcolm Rogers

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 493 PAGES

A practical, comprehensive guide for the diehard arthound. (GBR524, $27.95)

Blue Guide Oxford & Cambridge

Blue Guide Oxford & Cambridge


by Geoffrey Tyack

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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 Bodleian Library and its Treasures, 1320-1700.


by David Rogers

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1991
  • HARD COVER
  • 175 PAGES

A colorful, fully illustrated introduction to the famous library at Oxford. (GBR220, $50.00)

The Body in the Library

The Body in the Library


by Agatha Christie

  • MYSTERY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

In this Agatha Christie classic, a stylish blonde is found murdered at Grossington Hall and Miss Marple must put her keen observation skills to work to solve the crime. (GBR186, $12.99)

A Bone of Contention


by Susanna Gregory

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

The second chronicle in Susanna Gregory's series featuring medieval detective Matthew Bartholomew. (GBR628, $10.95)

Bradt Guide Eccentric Britain


by Benedict le Vay

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A characteristically informative guide in the Bradt style and a rollicking tour through some of Britain's more bizarre oddities, including, yes, the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships. (GBR586, $24.99)

Bradt Guide Eccentric Britain


by Benedict le Vay

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A characteristically informative guide in the Bradt style and a rollicking tour through some of Britain's more bizarre oddities, including, yes, the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships. (GBR586, $24.99)

Brick Lane, A Novel


by Monica Ali

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A richly imagined Booker-Prize nominated novel set in London's South Asian community. (GBR505, $16.00)

Brideshead Revisited


by Evelyn Waugh

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • HARD COVER
  • 315 PAGES

A compact hardcover edition of Waugh's illuminating and entertaining portrait of England's aristocracy and, especially, of life in a country estate. (GBR106, $20.00)

Britain Since 1945, The People's Peace


by Kenneth O. Morgan

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 648 PAGES

A modern history by the prolific author. (GBR551, $35.00)

Kingdom by the Sea

Kingdom by the Sea


by Paul Theroux

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 361 PAGES

This time, the prolific writer recounts a coastal journey around the British Isles in 1982, displaying his occasional ill temper alongside his celebrated ability to combine social history with a good old-fashioned traveler's tale. (GBR09, $14.95)

British Isles Map, Great Britain and Ireland

British Isles Map, Great Britain and Ireland


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • 2008
  • MAP

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

The British Isles, A History of Four Nations


by Hugh Kearney

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

The Celts, Romans, Vikings, Normans and modern immigrants all make an appearance in Kearney's elegant and revisionist history of not just the English but also of the Scots, Welsh and Irish. (GBR88, $39.99)

Britons: Forging the Nations, 1707-1837


by Linda Colley

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 442 PAGES

An interesting study of national British identity and the joining of England, Scotland and Wales. (GBR81, $22.00)

The Canterbury Tales (In Modern English)


by Geoffrey Chaucer | Nevill Coghill

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 504 PAGES

A Penguin Classics edition of the cornerstone of medieval English literature, Chaucer's unfinished tales of pilgrims en route to Canterbury. (GBR250, $10.00)

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages


by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES

This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $15.95)

Celtic Prayers from Iona

Celtic Prayers from Iona


by J. Philip Newell

  • RELIGION
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 96 PAGES

Inspired by the Gaelic prayers and poems of the 19th-century Scotsman Alexander Carmichael, Newell and his wife developed this handsome hard cover book while wardens on the island. (SCT21, $14.95)

The Celts: A Very Short Introduction

The Celts: A Very Short Introduction


by Barry W Cunliffe

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 161 PAGES

A concise, revealing social history of the Celts, by a reigning authority and popular writer. (CLT03, $11.95)

Central Cambridge: A Guide to the University and Colleges


by Kevin Taylor

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 98 PAGES

An introduction to Cambridge University, its history and architecture, with helpful maps and illustrations, perfect for the visitor or prospective student. Published by (naturally) Cambridge University Press. (GBR468, $15.99)

A Certain Justice

A Certain Justice


by P.D. James

  • MYSTERY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 431 PAGES

A terrific mystery set in London, starring the redoubtable Adam Dagliesh. (GBR185, $15.00)

Charles Darwin, The Power of Place

Charles Darwin, The Power of Place


by Janet Browne

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 624 PAGES

The second half of Browne's magisterial history, full of insight into Victorian science. In this big, engrossing volume she follows the fate of Darwin and his ideas, from the return of the voyage of the Beagle until his death. (GBR375, $27.95)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh


by Alan Crawford

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

A heavily illustrated, compact survey of the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. (SCT24, $19.95)

Charming Small Hotel Guides Britain & Ireland


by Tamara Grosvenor

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 383 PAGES

A full page with a color photograph is dedicated to each entry in this guide focused on hotels with 20 bedrooms or less. (GBR674, $19.95)

The Children of Henry VIII


by Alison Weir

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 363 PAGES

Enlightening about the era and revealing in the portraits of Prince Edward, "Bloody" Mary, Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey, this is a very enjoyable survey by a master historian. (GBR74, $16.00)

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol


by Charles Dickens

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 102 PAGES

The famous tale by the Victorian master, here with watercolor and colored-pencil illustrations. (GBR235, $3.95)

Churchill, The Unexpected Hero


by Paul Addison

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 308 PAGES

A biography of Churchill focusing on his personal traits and reputation. (GBR579, $31.50)

Civil Wars, A Military History of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1638-1660


by John P. Kenyon | Jane H. Ohlmeyer | J.S. Morrill

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

A nicely illustrated military history of the British and Irish Civil Wars by a team of noted specialists. (GBR549, $19.95)

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe


by Glynis Ridley

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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)

Coast to Coast, St. Bees to Robin Hood's Bay


by Henry Stedman

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

This compact guide covers in detail the popular walk from the Irish Sea to the North Sea. (GBR672, $19.95)

Coast, A Celebration of Britain's Coastal Heritage

Coast, A Celebration of Britain's Coastal Heritage


by Christopher Somerville

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A photographic tour of the outer limits of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (GBR610, $34.95)

Codebreakers, the Inside Story of Bletchley Park

Codebreakers, the Inside Story of Bletchley Park


by Alan Stripp | F.H. Hinsley

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Memoirs of life in the British code-cracking department during World War II. (WAR46, $19.95)

The Collected Stories

The Collected Stories


by Dylan Thomas

  • LITERATURE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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, $16.95)

The Collects of Thomas Cramner


by Frederick C. Barbee | Paul F. Zahl

  • RELIGION
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 139 PAGES

First appearing as The Book of Common Prayer, in 1549, this volume compiles the short Anglican prayers composed by Thomas Cramner. (GBR448, $17.00)

Collins Complete Guide to British Wildlife

Collins Complete Guide to British Wildlife


by P. Sterry

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A one-volume photographic guide to British wildlife, covering everything from fungi to mammals, including plants, insects, birds and fish. With 1,500 color photographs. (GBR93, $34.95)

Color for Adventurous Gardeners


by Jonathan Buckley | Christopher Lloyd

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Practical advice on how to maximize the impact of color in your garden. (GRD08, $19.95)

The Comedy of Errors


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Part of the New Folger Library Shakespeare Series. (GBR431, $4.99)

Companion Guide Edinburgh and the Borders Country

Companion Guide Edinburgh and the Borders Country


by A.J. Youngson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 420 PAGES

A comprehensive introduction to the history, culture and architecture of Edinburgh. (SCT19, $34.95)

The Complete Angler, Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation


by Izaak Walton | Charles Cotton

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

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 Pelican Shakespeare


by Stephen Orgel | William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 1808 PAGES

A classic one-volume collection of all of Shakespeare's plays and poems. (GBR618, $67.00)

The Complete Poems


by John Keats | John Barnard

  • LITERATURE
  • 1977
  • PAPER
  • 731 PAGES

A portable, paperback edition of all the poems of John Keats. (GBR162, $17.00)

The Complete Sherlock Holmes, All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories


by Arthur Conan Doyle

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 1122 PAGES

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


by Mark Twain

  • LITERATURE
  • 1977
  • PAPER
  • 410 PAGES

Twain's comic 1889 novel contains some discussion of the merits of monarchy. (GBR326, $10.00)

Cotswold Cycling Map


by

  • 2001
  • MAP

A detailed map with a focus on cycling routes. (GBR491, $10.95)

The Cotswold Way

The Cotswold Way


by Kev Reynolds

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

A practical guide in the British series. (GBR588, $19.95)

Cotswolds Map

Cotswolds Map


by Ordnance Survey

  • 2005
  • MAP

A terrific, colorful, and very detailed topographic map of the Cotswolds, at a scale of 1:25,000. (GBR124, $13.95)

The Crafts of Britain in the Twentieth Century


by Tanya Harrod

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 496 PAGES

An illustrated survey of the British Arts and Crafts movement. (GBR119, $95.00)

Crisis of Parliaments: English History, 1509-1660


by Conrad Russell

  • HISTORY
  • 1971
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

An in-depth, scholarly account of parliamentary politics during a crucial period. A volume in the Short Oxford History of the Modern World. (GBR550, $44.95)

The Crofter and the Laird

The Crofter and the Laird


by John McPhee

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1978
  • PAPER
  • 159 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

McPhee packs up his family and returns for a year to his ancestral land on the Isle of Colonsay in this lyrical, appreciative portrait of place and traditional ways of life in the Hebrides. (SCT23, $16.00)

Cross Channel

Cross Channel


by Julian Barnes

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 211 PAGES

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, $15.00)

The Crown Jewels, The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB's Archives


by Nigel West | Oleg Tsarev

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 384 PAGES

A lively account of Soviet intelligence in Britain from the end of World War I to the late 1950s. West is a prolific British military historian specializing in espionage. (SPY21, $55.00)

Daphne du Maurier, Haunted Heiress


by Nina Auerbach

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 196 PAGES

A powerful psychological profile of the novelist. (GBR117, $45.00)

Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution


by Randal Keynes

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A portrait of Darwin as a family man by a great-great grandson. (GBR516, $15.00)

Daughter of Time


by Josephine Tey

  • MYSTERY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

An engrossing mystery that finds a modern detective digging into England's past to see if Richard III was truly the villain history, and Shakespeare, made him out to be. (GBR558, $14.00)

David Copperfield


by Charles Dickens

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 1024 PAGES

Perhaps Dickens most famous novel, and certainly his most autobiographical, this classic is noteworthy for its vivid and painful descriptions of orphan life in Victorian London. (GBR381, $9.00)

Dead Cert

Dead Cert


by Dick Francis

  • MYSTERY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A murder mystery set in the world of horse racing. (GBR408, $7.99)

The Dead of Jericho


by Colin Dexter

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

An Inspector Morse mystery. (GBR452, $6.99)

The Death of Comedy


by Erich Segal

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

A scholarly discussion of the rise and fall of staged comedies. (TTR10, $45.00)

The Diary of Samuel Pepys


by Samuel Pepys | Richard Le Gallienne | Robert Louis Stevenson

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

The famous portrait of 1660s London. (GBR459, $15.95)

Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860


by Roy Porter

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 78 PAGES

A history of England that examines the repercussions of disease before public health care. (GBR112, $31.00)

Dracula


by Bram Stoker

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 520 PAGES

The vampire novel that started it all, based on the legend of "Vlad the Impaler." The gothic shocker is set within the dank castles and misty forests of Transylvania, and the foggy streets and staid country houses of Victorian England. (EUR125, $11.00)

The Eagle of the Ninth


by Rosemary Sutcliff

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 291 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Hoping to recover the standard of his father's lost legion and prove himself worthy of commanding troops, Marcus ventures into Caledonia in year 125. (GBR556, $7.95)

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe


by Henri Pirenne

  • HISTORY
  • 1936
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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, $15.95)

Eleanor of Aquitaine, A Life

Eleanor of Aquitaine, A Life


by Alison Weir

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

Weir's enjoyable biography of the woman who was both queen of France (married to Louis VII) and queen of England (married to Henry II) shows Eleanor as an ambitious political and artistic powerbroker in an age when most women were seen but not heard. (FRN287, $17.00)

Empire, The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present


by Denis Judd

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 478 PAGES

How the empire affected rulers and the ruled from the American Revolution to the present. (GBR80, $28.50)

Empires of the Atlantic World, Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830

Empires of the Atlantic World, Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830


by J. H. Elliott

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 656 PAGES

A masterful synthesis of English and Spanish colonies in the New World. (ATL24, $55.00)

England As You Like It, An Independent Traveler's Companion


by Susan Allen Toth

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1996
  • PAPER

A charming, digressive guide to navigating England and Scotland on your own. (GBR395, $12.95)

England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225


by Robert Bartlett

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 808 PAGES

A lively and far-reaching account of the politics, religion, and culture of England in the century and a half after the Norman Conquest. Robert Bartlett is Wardlaw Professor of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews. (GBR627, $55.00)

England Under the Tudors


by G.R. Elton

  • HISTORY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 522 PAGES

A well-regarded history of the period by a scholar of Tudor administrative history. (GBR546, $34.95)

English History 1914-1945


by Alan Taylor

  • HISTORY
  • 1978
  • HARD COVER
  • 737 PAGES

A volume in the monumental 15-volume Oxford History of England. (GBR219, $229.75)

English Watercolors, An Introduction


by Graham Reynolds

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1991
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

A discussion of the English watercolor movement, complemented by illustrations. (GBR182, $35.00)

The Enigma of Arrival, A Novel


by V.S. Naipaul

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER

This autobiographical novel conjures Naipaul's dual homes on Trinidad and England, as well as his feelings of cultural detachment and alienation in a haunting series of ruminations. (GBR456, $15.95)

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker


by Tobias Smollett

  • LITERATURE
  • 1967
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

A comic romp through the English and Scottish countryside, first published in 1771. (GBR437, $13.00)

Eyewitness Guide London

Eyewitness Guide London


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 448 PAGES

This superb guide to London features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (GBR34, $25.00)

Fallen into the Pit


by Ellis Peters

  • MYSTERY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 325 PAGES

The first entry in the "Inspector Felse" series of mysteries. (GBR167, $20.00)

Far Afield

Far Afield


by Susanna Kaysen

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 338 PAGES

Susanna Kaysen's 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 North Atlantic archipelago. (ICL08, $17.00)

A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe

A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe


by Guy Mountfort

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 212 PAGES

A classic field guide in the Peterson series. (EUR15, $25.00)

Final Rounds, A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime


by James Dodson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

The author's trip with his father to the great courses of Scotland and England. (GOL02, $16.00)

Five Days in London, May 1940

Five Days in London, May 1940


by John Lukacs

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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

Flashman and the Tiger


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

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, $16.00)

Fodor's Exploring Scotland

Fodor's Exploring Scotland


by Gilbert Summers

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

With its many photographs, detailed descriptions and practical information, this compact guide covers Scotland in style. (SCT09, $22.00)

Fodor's London's 25 Best

Fodor's London's 25 Best


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

This slim guide to London (with handy full-color maps) has everything you need to know for a short visit to the city, including recommended sightseeing, restaurants, hotels and shops. (GBR08, $11.95)

Fodor's See It Britain


by Fodors

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

Fodor's vibrant and informative guide to touring Great Britain. (GBR503, $24.95)

For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys

For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys


by Thomas Urquhart

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Urquhart chronicles a lifelong affair with nature, combined with a passion for music, as he travels-- and bird watches-- through pastoral England, Italy, the Camargue in Provence, and the villages of Mali. (BRD35, $15.00)

The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman


by John Fowles

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 467 PAGES

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, $15.99)

The Friendly Shakespeare, A Thoroughly Painless Guide to the Best of the Bard


by Norrie Epstein

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 550 PAGES

An informative, entertaining guide to Shakespeare. (GBR435, $20.00)

Garden Masterclass


by John Brookes

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

A visually striking, definitive book of garden design. (GRD07, $40.00)

Garden Open Tomorrow


by Beverley Nichols

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 275 PAGES

In this last book of his long gardening and writing career, Nichols reflects on nature's role as the ultimate gardener. Nichols' writing is full of wit, charm and many digressions including his thoughts on cats and plants as murder weapons. (GRD03, $24.95)

The Garden Through the Year


by Fred Whitsey | Graham Stuart Thomas

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

A month-by-month guide to gardening that weaves practical advice on plant introduction with Thomas' own thoughts on the craft. (GRD06, $49.95)

The Gate of Angels


by Penelope Fitzgerald

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

Fitzgerald's seriocomic novel, set in 1912, finds a young scientist from Cambridge and a nurse from London embroiled in a romance that challenges them both emotionally and intellectually. (GBR469, $13.95)

A Ghost of a Chance

A Ghost of a Chance


by Peter Guttridge

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

Black magic, pagans and Satanists befall Nick Madrid in the second book of the series. (GBR648, $14.00)

Good Gardens Guide

Good Gardens Guide


by Katherine Lambert | Peter King

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 639 PAGES

A thorough guide to Britain's historic gardens, complete with tourist information and photographs. (GBR632, $29.95)

The Gothic Cathedral


by Christopher Wilson

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

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)

Great Britain and Ireland Map

Great Britain and Ireland Map


by HEMA Maps

  • MAP

A nicely detailed map showing both Great Britain and Ireland at a scale of 1:750,000. (GBR31, $10.95)

Great Britain and Ireland Map

Great Britain and Ireland Map


by HEMA Maps

  • MAP

A nicely detailed map showing both Great Britain and Ireland at a scale of 1:750,000. (GBR31, $10.95)

Great Expectations


by Charles Dickens

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

Dickens at the top of his form. It follows Pip, from a boy orphan taken in by the eccentric Miss Havisham to a young man who finds himself benefactor to a small fortune. (GBR380, $9.00)

A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany

A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany


by Aubrey Burl

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

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, $37.00)

Hadrian's Wall Map

Hadrian's Wall Map


by Ordnance Survey

  • 1998
  • MAP

A detailed, comprhensive map of hadrian;s Wall and surrounding lands at a scale of 1:25,000. (GBR304, $23.95)

Hadrian, The Restless Emperor

Hadrian, The Restless Emperor


by Anthony Birley

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 424 PAGES

An up-to-date, scholarly biography. (ITL260, $42.95)

The Hand of Justice


by Susanna Gregory

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 536 PAGES

In fractious 14th century Cambridge, physician and forensic specialist Matthew Bartholomew's work is never done. Two aristocratic prisoners have returned to Cambridge to face those that helped convict them. When two corpses are discovered at the local mill, Bartholomew is sent to investigate. Fourth in the series. (GBR629, $7.99)

A Handful of Dust

A Handful of Dust


by Evelyn Waugh

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 308 PAGES

Satirical novel of Britain between the wars. (GBR190, $14.99)

The Heart of England, The Amateur Historians Guide


by Sarah Valente Kettler | Carole Trimble

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 410 PAGES

A helpful guide to touring 200 historic sites in England, including Windsor Castle, Eton College, Oxford, and Shakespeare's hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. (GBR652, $22.95)

Hemingway's Chair

Hemingway's Chair


by Michael Palin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

The celebration of Hemingway has even spread to a first novel "Hemingway's Chair" by Monty Python alum and travel writer, Michael Palin. Its subject is one Martin Sproale, a disgruntled East Anglican postal worker whose great passion is manifest in collecting Hemingway memorabilia, a shrine to the author in his bedroom -- and the taking up of the author's favorite pastime: drinking. (GBR111, $16.99)

Hengeworld


by Michael Pitts

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

The story of Stonehenge and the lost civilization that built it. (GBR540, $17.95)

Henry Esmond


by Wiliam Makepeace Thackeray

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

Thackeray's classic novel is excellent on the history and warfare of 18th-century England. (GBR85, $7.95)

Henry IV, Part I

Henry IV, Part I


by E. W. Ives

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

In the Oxford Shakespeare series. (GBR432, $10.95)

Henry IV, Part II


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Part of the New Folger Library Shakespeare Series. (GBR433, $4.99)

Henry V, The Oxford Shakespeare


by William Shakespeare | Stanley Wells | Gary Taylor

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A volume in the Oxford Shakespeare series. (GBR476, $10.95)

Henry VI, Part II


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

The struggle for the crown continues between the Lancaster and York families in the second volume of Shakespeare's two part dramatization of the War of The Roses. (GBR643, $10.95)

Here Is Where We Meet

Here Is Where We Meet


by John Berger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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, $15.00)

The Hidden Places of Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight


by David Gerrard

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 250 PAGES

With an attractive new design, this seventh edition of the popular guidebook highlights secluded and less well-known areas of Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, pointing to locations of interest, accommodations, dining and specialist shops. (GBR675, $29.95)

Hijacking Enigma, The Insider's Tale


by Christine Large

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A superbly told, gripping tale of Enigma machine, its role in WWI-era code breaking and bizarre theft from the Bletchley Park in 2003. (SPY22, $15.95)

A History of Britain, The Complete Collection

A History of Britain, The Complete Collection


by Simon Schama

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • DVD

The History Channel/BBC co-production of Schama's colorful history of Britain, its personages, personality and culture. 15 episodes. (GBR506, $59.98)

A History of Britain, The Wars of the British 1603-1776

A History of Britain, The Wars of the British 1603-1776


by Simon Schama

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 540 PAGES

The second volume in Schama's popular history of Britain. (GBR504, $40.00)

A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 B.C.-1603 A.D.

A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 B.C.-1603 A.D.


by Simon Schama

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 416 PAGES

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


by Peter Aprahamian | Ann Gore | Alan Gore

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

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)

The History of Gardens


by Christopher Thacker

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1985
  • PAPER

A standard world history of gardens, well illustrated and wide-ranging, covering everything from Zen gardens in Japan to English country gardens. (GRD09, $45.00)

A History of Scotland

A History of Scotland


by J.D. Mackie

  • HISTORY
  • 1978
  • PAPER
  • 380 PAGES

A classic -- and admirably concise -- history of Scotland. Mackie reveals how the Scots long pursued an independent line -- -n religion, law, culture and foreign policy -- that helped them keep at bay the Romans, the French and the English. (SCT16, $18.00)

Hogarth, A Life and a World


by Jenny Uglow

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 800 PAGES

This expansive biography of the English artist is as much about 18th-century London as it is about the man. (GBR517, $30.00)

Hons and Rebels


by Nancy Mitford | Christopher Hitchens

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

This entertaining memoir of an eccentric childhood in Britain and adventures abroad during the Spanish Civil War and as a muckraking journalist in the States is chock full of personality and wit. (GBR603, $15.95)

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley


by Richard Llewellyn

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 495 PAGES

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


by Hugh Casson

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

Paintings and memories of Oxford by an architect and watercolorist. (GBR240, $14.95)

The Illustrated Longitude

The Illustrated Longitude


by Dava Sobel | William J.H. Andrewes

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A special edition of Sobel's classic book on the age-old problem of determining longitude. (HSC02, $28.00)

Imagining Shakespeare, A History of Texts and Visions


by Stephen Orgel

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 172 PAGES

In this illustrated volume, Stephen Orgel explores interpretations of Shakespeare from the last four hundred years. (GBR615, $29.95)

Impersonations: The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's England


by Stephen Orgel

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 179 PAGES

An exploration of the representation of gender in Elizabethan drama and society. (GBR617, $44.00)

In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literature

In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literature


by Christopher Woodward

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

In this infectiously compelling book, art historian Woodward meditates on the allure, majesty and history of our fascination with antiquities, mixing his own observations with those of writers, painters, and architects. (TVL37, $16.00)

In Search of Churchill, A Historian's Journey

In Search of Churchill, A Historian's Journey


by Martin Gilbert

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 338 PAGES

Winston Churchill's official biographer recounts the monumental and fascinating task of writing the eight volume account his life. (GBR584, $19.95)

In Search of England

In Search of England


by Michael Wood

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Michael Wood combs the countryside in search of clues to English history and identity. (GBR323, $26.95)

An Innocent in Ireland, Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters

An Innocent in Ireland, Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters


by David W. McFadden

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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

An Innocent in Scotland, More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters


by David W. McFadden

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 346 PAGES

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 Northumbria

Insight Compact Guide Northumbria


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 79 PAGES

A compact, illustrated introduction to Northumbria. (GBR200, $7.95)

An Instance of the Fingerpost


by Iain Pears

  • MYSTERY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 691 PAGES

An acclaimed historical mystery set in 17th-century Oxford. (GBR530, $17.00)

Intimate Apparel


by Lynn Nottage

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 58 PAGES

An award-winning play set in 1905 about a young African-American woman who travels to New York in pursuit of independence. (GBR619, $7.50)

The Invention of Love

The Invention of Love


by Tom Stoppard

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 102 PAGES

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)

Iron Bridge: Symbol of the Industrial Revolution


by Neil Cossons | Barrie Trinder

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 168 PAGES

An architectural history of iron bridges, from the first construction in England in 1779 to contemporary times. (GEN277, $45.00)

Ivanhoe, A Romance


by Sir Walter Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A rousing tale of gallantry set in England in the era of Robin Hood. (GBR237, $5.95)

J.M.W. Turner


by Sam Smiles

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES

A biography of the artist. (ART53, $15.95)

Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn


by Daphne du Maurier

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 302 PAGES

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

Jamaica Inn


by Alfred Hitchcock

  • 1939
  • DVD

Hitchcock's film adaptation of the tale set in 19th-century Cornwall. (GBR62, $29.99)

James Hutton, the Founder of Modern Geology


by Scottish Natural Heritage

  • 1997
  • PAPER

(GEO07, $28.00)

Jane Austen in Bath, Walking Tours of the Writer's City

Jane Austen in Bath, Walking Tours of the Writer's City


by Katharine Reeve

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

The city of Bath provided the inspiration and the setting for Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. This beautifully illustrated guide leads the reader through the places frequented by Austen and her fictional characters. (GBR671, $19.95)

A Journal of the Plague Year


by Daniel Defoe

  • LITERATURE
  • 1966
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Defoe's fictional -- and historically vivid -- account of Plague-stricken London. (GBR87, $10.00)

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides


by Samuel Johnson | James Boswell

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 429 PAGES

Written when Johnson was 63 and Boswell 32 in 1773 (when they had been friends for ten years), these travel journals were the result of a three-month trip to Scotland. Johnson observed Scotland, and Boswell observed Johnson. (SCT07, $18.00)

Jude the Obscure

Jude the Obscure


by Thomas Hardy

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 484 PAGES

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)

Just Enough Jeeves


by P.G. Wodehouse

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 556 PAGES

This omnibus edition presenting Wodehouse's delightfully droll butler includes Right Ho, Jeeves, Joy in the Morning and Very Good, Jeeves. (GBR519, $18.95)

Karen Brown's England,Charming Bed & Breakfasts


by June Brown

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

A guide to lodging of character. (GBR308, $19.95)

Kidnapped

Kidnapped


by Robert Louis Stevenson

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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)

A Killer in Winter


by Susanna Gregory

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 488 PAGES

In 14th century Cambridge, physician Matthew Bartholomew is reluctantly drawn back into the circle of an old love when her wealthy husband is murdered. Third in the series. (GBR630, $7.99)

King Arthur and His Knights


by Eugene Vinaver

  • LITERATURE
  • 1975
  • PAPER
  • 231 PAGES

A volume of Arthurian legends directly attributable to Mallory's original tales. (GBR90, $19.99)

King Hereafter, A Novel


by Dorothy Dunnett

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 721 PAGES

Dunnett brings Viking Britain to life in this retelling of Macbeth as a Norse saga. (GBR489, $17.95)

Knopf Guide England and Wales


by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 560 PAGES

A comprehensive and illustrated guide to England and Wales. (GBR191, $28.95)

Lady Godiva, A Literary History of the Legend


by Daniel Donoghue

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A scholarly study of the origins, reality and significance of the story of a naked lady on a horse in 11th-century Coventry. Though based on the life of an actual woman, Donogue (Professor of English and American literature and language at Harvard) shows that such a ride probably never happened. (GBR478, $27.95)

Land's End/Penzance & St Ives


by Ordnance Survey

  • 1996
  • MAP

A detailed topographic map of the region with walking trails and landmarks at a scale of 1:25,000. (GBR343, $23.95)

Lands End, The Lizard Map

Lands End, The Lizard Map


by Ordnance Survey

  • MAP

A detailed map of the most southwestern portion of England. (GBR123, $19.95)

Last Bus to Woodstock


by Colin Dexter

  • MYSTERY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

An Inspector Morse mystery. (GBR451, $7.99)

The Last Chronicle of Barset


by Anthony Trollope

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 928 PAGES

The final volume in the Trollope's trilogy. (GBR441, $14.00)

The Last Detective

The Last Detective


by Peter Lovesey

  • MYSTERY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

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)

Le Morte Darthur, The Winchester Manuscript


by Thomas Malory | Helen A. Cooper

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 616 PAGES

One of the most complete collections of Arthurian legends. (GBR442, $16.95)

Letters from London

Letters from London


by Julian Barnes

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

This sparkling collection of essays by the brilliant novelist Julian Barnes hones in on the social complexity and political reality of modern day England. (GBR14, $14.95)

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit


by Charles Dickens

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 864 PAGES

This satirical novel, his sixth, is one of Dicken's few that leaves Mother England for a extended (and caustic) foray onto American shores. Not surprisingly, it followed the author's first voyage to America. (GBR462, $13.00)

The Life and Death of King John


by Claire McEachern | William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 104 PAGES

The Penguin Classics edition, edited by Claire McEachern. (GBR613, $8.00)

Life in the English Country House, A Social and Architectural History

Life in the English Country House, A Social and Architectural History


by Mark Girouard

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

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)

The Life of Isaac Newton


by Richard S. Westfall

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

A lively biography of Isaac Newton, following the scientist from his boyhood in Woolsthorpe to his achievements at Cambridge University. (SCI06, $27.99)

The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse


by P. D. James

  • MYSTERY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Set on an island off Cornwell, where you can almost hear the crashing of waves and the taste of the salt air, an unpleasant and famous novelist is bizarrely murdered. It's the classic whodunit by the reigning queen of the genre. (GBR604, $15.00)

The Lindisfarne Gospels

The Lindisfarne Gospels


by Janet Backhouse

  • RELIGION
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

A comprehensive introduction to the early Christian manuscript with lovely reproductions. (GBR201, $14.95)

The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England

The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England


by Antonia Fraser

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Lady Fraser gathers eight British historians for this engaging, illustrated history of the monarchy from 1066 to the House of Windsor, chock full of personality, incident and scandal. (GBR160, $34.95)

London Perceived

London Perceived


by Evelyn Hofer | V. S. Pritchett

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 214 PAGES

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 History

London, A History


by A.N. Wilson

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A brief, evocative meditation on the rich and varied history of England's capital city by the prolific British writer, critic and historian. Wilson examines London through several lenses, using humor and insight to discuss art, architecture, politics and culture. (GBR480, $14.00)

London, A Social History

London, A Social History


by Roy Porter

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

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)

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner


by Alan Sillitoe

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

Powerful tales of working-class English youth in 1950s Nottingham. (GBR389, $14.00)

Lonely Planet Great Britain

Lonely Planet Great Britain


by Tom Smallman | Bryn Thomas | Pat Yale

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 1056 PAGES

A practical guide to Great Britain. (GBR202, $29.99)

The Longitude Prize


by Joan Dash | Dusan Petricic

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

A book for young readers about inventing a device to measure longitude. (GBR193, $17.00)

Looking for Class, Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge


by Bruce Feiler

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

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)

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone


by R.D. Blackmore

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 680 PAGES

The classic romantic novel set at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion in the 17th century. (GBR83, $13.95)

Lost Balls: Great Holes, Tough Shots and Bad Lies


by Charles Lindsay | John Updike

  • SPORT
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 128 PAGES

A lighthearted collection of photographs of the world's great golf courses and many ways one can lose a ball. With a forward by John Updike. (GOL04, $29.99)

The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World


by Jenny Uglow

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

An intriguing, affectionate portrait of Erasmus Darwin, Joseph Priestly, Matthew Boulton, James Watt and Josiah Wedgewood. (GBR419, $22.00)

The Mabinogion

The Mabinogion


by Jeffrey Gantz

  • LITERATURE
  • 1976
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

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, $13.00)

Macbeth


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 249 PAGES

This edition of the Bard's tragedy is heavily footnoted, providing lots of commentary on the immortal text. Set in Scotland. (SCT75, $10.95)

Making of the Middle Ages


by Richard W. Southern

  • HISTORY
  • 1953
  • PAPER

A classic history of 10th to 13th century Europe, covering culture, politics and major personalites. (EUR105, $21.00)

Mammals of Europe

Mammals of Europe


by Priscilla Barrett | David W. MacDonald

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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, $38.50)

Manchester/Bolton & Warrington Map


by Ordnance Survey

  • 2002
  • MAP

A topographic map of the Manchester region at a scale of 1:50,000. (GBR400, $19.95)

The Map That Changed the World, William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology


by Simon Winchester

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER

A glimpse into the life of William Smith, a nineteenth-century engineer who became the founding father of modern geology, explores his creation of a lavish map detailing his discovery that rocks consist of many different layers. (GBR607, $14.99)

Maps for Lost Lovers


by Nadeem Aslam

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A well-wrought novel about a Pakistani family living near London and the cultural and personal conflicts of immigrant communities. (GBR567, $14.95)

Marlborough, His Life and Times, Volume I


by Winston S. Churchill

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 1050 PAGES

Part one in the definitive biography of the great English military commander John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough. (GBR581, $45.00)

Marlborough, His Life and Times, Volume II


by Winston S. Churchill

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 1080 PAGES

Part two in the definitive biography of the great English military commander John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough. (GBR582, $35.00)

Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots


by Antonia Fraser

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 613 PAGES

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)

The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge


by Thomas Hardy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

This ultimately tragic tale is set among the rural folk in Hardy's now-famous county of Wessex, a fictional stand-in for Dorest in Southwest England. (GBR453, $9.00)

The Meaning of Everything, The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary


by Simon Winchester

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

The history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its earliest inception through its long path to completion by the celebrated author of The Professor and the Madman. (GBR608, $19.99)

Media and the British Empire


by Chandrika Kaul

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

A scholarly analysis of how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire. (GBR680, $100.00)

Medieval Art


by Marilyn Stokstad

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 446 PAGES

A comprehensive survey of medieval art throughout Europe. (EUR91, $69.00)

Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe


by C.H. Lawrence

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 321 PAGES

A study of the economic, social, and cultural roles of religious orders in medieval Western Europe. Expanded third edition. (EUR197, $53.40)

Menagerie Manor

Menagerie Manor


by Gerald Malcolm Durrell

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Another delightful tale from the charming Durrell, who treats us to the story of how he and his wife founded their own private zoo on an island in the English Channel. (GBR684, $13.00)

The Merry Wives of Windsor


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Shakespeare's farce that finds Henry IV's Falstaff transplanted to the genre of comedy. (GBR458, $8.00)

MI6, Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service


by Stephen Dorril

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 928 PAGES

An expose of the foreign division of the UK's intelligence service -- the employer of the mythical James Bond. (SPY09, $23.95)

Military Intelligence Blunders and Cover-Ups


by John Hughes-Wilson

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER

A provocative analysis of failures in military intelligence by a former British intelligence officer. (SPY24, $15.00)

The Mists of Avalon


by Marion Zimmer Bradley

  • LITERATURE
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 912 PAGES

This novel retells the legends of King Arthur. (GBR443, $18.00)

Modern Wales, A Concise History


by Gareth Elwyn Jones

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 395 PAGES

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, $44.99)

A Morbid Taste for Bones

A Morbid Taste for Bones


by Ellis Peters

  • MYSTERY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 197 PAGES

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, $7.99)

Mrs. Dalloway


by Virginia Woolf

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

A day in the life. (GBR464, $13.00)

Much Ado About Nothing


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

In the New Cambridge Shakespeare series. (GBR474, $19.99)

Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral


by T. S. Eliot

  • LITERATURE
  • 1964
  • PAPER
  • 88 PAGES

A poetic play dramatizing the 1170 murder of Thomas Becket of Canterbury. (GBR251, $9.00)

Murder in the Queen's Armes

Murder in the Queen's Armes


by Aaron J. Elkins

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A vanishing skull and a mysterious body all point toward one thing -- murder -- in the third installment of the popular Gideon Oliver series. (GBR650, $7.99)

My Early Life, 1874-1904

My Early Life, 1874-1904


by Winston S. Churchill | William Manchester

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Churchill's memoir of his first 30 years, written with considerable hindsight in 1930. His childhood, education, experiences as a war correspondent and early dabblings in politics are all addressed. (GBR580, $20.00)

National Geographic Great Britain

National Geographic Great Britain


by National Geographic

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A compact guidebook to Great Britain, published by National Geographic in its attractive, visual style. It features many color photographs, maps and good information history, nature, culture and travel. (GBR594, $27.95)

Nelson's Navy, The Ships, Men, and Organization, 1793-1815


by Brian Lavery

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

An encyclopedic resource on the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. (GBR385, $47.95)

Nelson's Ships, A Comprehensive History of the Ships in Which He Served


by Peter Goodwin

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

An survey of every ship on which Lord Nelson served. (GBR384, $39.95)

The New Foxe's Book of Martyrs


by John Foxe | Harold J. Chadwick

  • RELIGION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 442 PAGES

A 16th-century collection of accounts of protestant martyrs. (GBR446, $15.99)

The Normans


by Trevor Rowley

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

An archaeological perspective on the Normans with a good, illustrated chapter on castles. (EUR176, $27.50)

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey


by Jane Austen

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 219 PAGES

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, $8.00)

Northumbria Walks


by Jarold Staff

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES

(GBR303, $14.95)

The Norton Shakespeare


by William Shakespeare | Stephen Greenblatt | Walter Cohen | Jean E. Howard | Katharine Eisaman Maus

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 3392 PAGES

Deserving a place of honor in any library, this handsomely produced edition presents all the plays in an easy-to-read single-column format with marginal glosses and terrific introductory essays. With helpful notes on allusions and word meanings and highly readable, stimulating introductions to each play. (GBR471, $65.00)

Off in a Boat, Hebridean Voyage


by Neil Miller Gunn

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 348 PAGES

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, $18.95)

Offshore


by Penelope Fitzgerald

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 141 PAGES

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


by Peter Gaunt

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

(GBR217, $37.95)

Oliver Cromwell Profiles in Power


by Barry Coward

  • HISTORY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 204 PAGES

A brief, cogent introduction to Cromwell's political career. (GBR218, $34.67)

Oliver Twist


by Charles Dickens

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

A Dickens' favorite, featuring his most popular orphan hero. (GBR461, $3.50)

Original Sin


by P.D. James

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

An Adam Dalgeish mystery set in the publishing industry. (GBR409, $15.95)

Othello


by William Shakespeare | Roma Gill

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

An Oxford School Shakespeare edition. (ITL527, $7.95)

The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare


by Michael Dobson | Stanley Wells

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 572 PAGES

This authoritative study of Shakespeare covers a wealth of topics to guide the reader through the times and works of the Bard. An essential read for the student or lover of Shakespeare. (GBR655, $43.95)

The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain


by Kenneth O. Morgan

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 646 PAGES

A sweeping history of Britain with contributions by ten scholars. (GBR227, $31.95)

Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England


by Nigel Saul

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A well-illustrated, authoritative overview of Medieval England with much to offer the general reader. (GBR545, $28.95)

Oxford Map

Oxford Map


by Ordnance Survey

  • MAP

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)

The Oxford Movement in Context, Anglican High Churchmanship, 1760-1857


by Peter B. Nockles

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

(GBR215, $55.00)

The Oxford Shakespeare, The Complete Works

The Oxford Shakespeare, The Complete Works


by William Shakespeare | Gary Taylor | John Jowett | William Montgomery | Stanley Wells

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 1424 PAGES

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)

Oxford, A Cultural and Literary Companion

Oxford, A Cultural and Literary Companion


by David Horan

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 246 PAGES

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)

The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil


by W. Somerset Maugham

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Originally published in 1925, Somerset's moving novel tells the story of a lovestruck adulterous woman whose husband forces her to accompany him to rural China in the midst of a cholera epidemic. (HKG28, $15.00)

Painting in Britain, 1530-1790


by Ellis Waterhouse

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

A comprehensive study of painting of the period, both scholarly and readable. (GBR225, $38.00)

A Pair of Blue Eyes


by Thomas Hardy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 374 PAGES

One of Hardy's lesser-known novels -- tragic, romantic -- and set in Cornwall. (GBR359, $11.95)

Pallas Guide East Anglia: Essex, Suffolk & Norfolk


by Peter Sager

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 580 PAGES

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


by Timothy Harper | Barbara Szerlip | Tom Watson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

A guide to British etiquette and manners. (GBR230, $6.95)

Pauline Frommer's London: Spend less see more


by Jason Cochran

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A family-friendly, quirky practical guide by the daughter of travel guru Arthur Frommer. Her motto: "Spend Less, See More." (GBR690, $16.99)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire


by Nigel Dalziel

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A slim and thorough history of the British Empire from conception to collapse. Full of photographs, artworks and over 150 full-color maps. Part of Penguin's best-selling series of historical atlases. (GBR683, $20.00)

The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain and Ireland, From Earliest Times to the Present Day

The Penguin Illustrated History of Britain and Ireland, From Earliest Times to the Present Day


by Barry Cunliffe

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A wonderfully rich and comprehensive guide to the history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland -- from the arrival of the first humans half a million years ago rup to the present. (GBR624, $35.00)

Persuasion


by Jane Austen

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES

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


by Charles Dickens

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 800 PAGES

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)

Picture History of British Ocean Liners, 1900 to the Present


by William H. Miller

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 134 PAGES

A historical portrait of the great ocean liners of the last century. (OCE83, $19.95)

The Pillars of the Earth


by Ken Follett

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 976 PAGES

Set in 12th-century England, this best-selling epic of kings and peasants is also a surpisingly detailed, gripping account of the building of a magnificent Gothic cathedral. (GBR226, $22.00)

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists


by Gideon Defoe

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

A madcap romp involving pirates and Darwin. This short novel, which both children and adults will enjoy, is more fantasy than fact, but it might entince you to learn more about Darwin's life. (GBR585, $15.95)

A Plague on Both Your Houses


by Susanna Gregory

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

The first book in Susanna Gregory's enjoyable series starring the medieval detective Matthew Bartholomew. (GBR631, $7.99)

Players of Shakespeare 1, Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Twelve Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company


by Philip Brockbank

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

Twelve outstanding actors give accounts of their preparation and performances in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions. (GBR658, $44.00)

Players of Shakespeare 2, Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company


by Russell Jackson | Robert Smallwood

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

Fourteen essays by actors in the Royal Shakespeare Company shed light on their experiences being in various productions from 1982 to 1987. (GBR659, $35.00)

Players of Shakespeare 3, Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company


by Russell Jackson | Robert Smallwood

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES

Thirteen actors in the Royal Shakespeare Company offer their insights into the creative process of bringing a role to life, in productions from 1987 to 1991. (GBR660, $38.00)

Players of Shakespeare 4, Further Essays in Shakespearean Performance by Players with the Royal Shakespeare Company


by Robert Smallwood

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 222 PAGES

Featuring essays from twelve top-notch actors in the Royal Shakespeare Company, this collection is a witty and thoughtful discussion of Shakespeare's works through the eyes of the artists who play in them. (GBR661, $38.00)

Players of Shakespeare 5


by Robert Smallwood

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 244 PAGES

The fifth volume of collected essays by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. (GBR662, $38.00)

Players of Shakespeare 6, Essays in the Performance of Shakespeare's History Plays


by Robert Smallwood

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES

The sixth volume of collected essays by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. (GBR663, $60.00)

The Poems of Edward Thomas


by Edward Thomas | Peter Sacks

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 148 PAGES

A collection of poetry from the England's Edward Thomas, a friend to Robert Frost whose poems evoke the English countryside and the perils of war. Thomas was killed in action in WWI. (GBR601, $17.00)

Poems: Wordsworth

Poems: Wordsworth


by William Wordsworth | Peter Washington

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

An Everyman's Library collection of Wordsworth's poetry. (GBR557, $13.50)

Polly, The True Story Behind Whiskey Galore

Polly, The True Story Behind Whiskey Galore


by Roger Hutchinson

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 155 PAGES

A history of the famous 1941 shipwreck in the outer Hebrides on which the novel was based. (GBR65, $18.00)

Possession, A Romance


by A.S. Byatt

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

Good literature, especially appropriate for travelers headed to Brittany or the British Library. (FRN355, $16.00)

The Pre-Raphaelites

The Pre-Raphaelites


by Timothy Hilton

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

An illustrated survey of the Pre-Raphealite painters and their works. (GBR181, $19.95)

The Pre-Raphaelites, Romance and Realism

The Pre-Raphaelites, Romance and Realism


by Laurence Des Cars

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A lavishly illustrated pocket-size encyclopedia. (ART11, $12.95)

Prehistoric Britain


by Timothy Darvill

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

An archaeological history examining the development of societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman conquest of 43 AD. (GBR539, $44.95)

Pride and Prejudice


by Jane Austen

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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


by Alison Weir

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 287 PAGES

This fascinating historical whodunit probes the enduring murder mystery involving the boy king, Edward V, and his brother Richard, Duke of York. (GBR75, $16.00)

The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman


by Simon Winchester

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 242 PAGES

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, $14.99)

The Professor and the Madman (Audio)


by Simon Winchester

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

An audio version of 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. (GBR606, $14.95)

The Puppet Masters: Spies, Traitors & the Real Forces Behind World Events


by John Hughes-Wilson

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES

A former British military intelligence officer looks at the role of espionage in major world events. (SPY23, $34.95)

The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate: Two Novels


by Nancy Mitford

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

Two semi-autobiographical and slyly satirical novels following the lives and loves of aristocratic Englishwomen in the years before WWII. (GBR602, $15.95)

Pygmalion


by George Bernard Shaw

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

George Bernard Shaw's renowned adaptation of Ovid's classic myth, later adapted for musical theatre and the screen as My Fair Lady. (GBR534, $10.00)

Queen Elizabeth I


by J.E. Neale

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 424 PAGES

The classic biography of the strong-minded, influential queen. (GBR76, $16.95)

Queen Mary 2, The Greatest Ocean Liner of Our Time


by John Maxtone-Graham | Harvey Lloyd

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

The official book of the newest luxury liner in Cunard's fleet. (OCE82, $50.00)

Recollections of a Happy Life, Being the Autobiography of Marianne North

Recollections of a Happy Life, Being the Autobiography of Marianne North


by Marianne North

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

An illustrated account of the intrepid Victorian traveler, botanist and painter Marianne North. (GBR328, $25.00)

The Remains of the Day


by Kazuo Ishiguro

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An elegant novel of an impeccable English butler and changes wrought during WWII. (GBR523, $15.00)

Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, c. 1880-1922


by Chandrika Kaul

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Kaul reveals the manipulative control of the British over the press during their occupation of India at the turn of the 20th century. Between World War I and Gandhi, the Raj underwent massive transformations that were misreported and falsified by the dominating British Empire. (IDA334, $30.00)

Richard II


by Gurr | William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 153 PAGES

A fine paperback edition of the classic play. (GBR177, $18.99)

Richard III


by Paul Werstine | Barbara Mowat | William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 369 PAGES

The New Folger Library Shakespeare Series. (TTR07, $4.99)

The Rise and Fall of the British Empire


by Lawrence James

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 704 PAGES

An epic of the empire's achievements from 1600 to the present. (GBR72, $24.99)

The Rivals


by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 98 PAGES

An English comedy of manners, first published in 1776 and set in Bath. (GBR438, $10.95)

Rob Roy

Rob Roy


by Sir Walter Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 501 PAGES

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)

Robin Hood, A Mythic Biography


by Stephen Knight

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 247 PAGES

Knight (a Robin Hood scholar) surveys the many guises of the perennially popular tale. (GBR488, $27.95)

Roman Britain


by Martin Millett

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

Millett draws on archaeological and historical sources to examine the cultural, social and economic impact of 400 years of Roman rule. (GBR638, $22.95)

Roman Britain, A New History


by Guy De La Bedoyere

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A portrait and illustrated chronicle of ancient Britain as revealed through archaeology. With recontructions, dramatic aerial views and both color and black-and-white images of mosaics, pottery, sculpture and other Roman remains. (GBR620, $39.95)

Roman Britain, A Very Short Introduction

Roman Britain, A Very Short Introduction


by Peter Salway

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 88 PAGES

An excellent, brief overview of the Roman period in Britain by a leading specialist. (GBR541, $11.95)

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult


by Joseph Bedier | Hillaire Belloc

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 205 PAGES

This chivalric myth -- of Arthurian fame -- features a Cornish knight and an Irish princess who are under a spell of love. (GBR246, $13.00)

Rough Guide Bristol, Bath & Somerset

Rough Guide Bristol, Bath & Somerset


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES
  • COMING IN FEBRUARY

A comprehensive regional guide featuring excellent local maps, travel information and suggested routes. (GBR42, $18.99)

Rough Guide Lake District

Rough Guide Lake District


by Jules Brown

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

An informative, British-produced guide to the Lake Country with an overview of history, culture and nature. (GBR364, $19.99)

Rough Guide Wales

Rough Guide Wales


by Mike Parker | Paul Whitfield

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

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)

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders


by John Clifford Mortimer

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

The story of curmudgeonly London barrister Horace Rumpole's first client. (GBR622, $14.00)

Rumpole and the Primose Path


by John Clifford Mortimer

  • MYSTERY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A collection of stories revolving around curmudgeonly London barrister Horace Rumpole. (GBR623, $15.00)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Major Works


by H.J. Jackson | Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 734 PAGES

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)

Scotland Map M 501

Scotland Map M 501


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • 2003
  • MAP

A clear, colorful road map at a scale of 1:400,000. (SCT12, $8.95)

Scotland, A Concise History

Scotland, A Concise History


by Fitzroy MacLean | Magnus Linklater

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES

With 250 well-integrated illustrations, this lively and authoritative history covers the romantic figures and bloody battles from the early clans up to the present. (SCT15, $19.95)

The Secret Agent


by Joseph Conrad

  • LITERATURE
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 237 PAGES

This classic spy story by Joseph Conrad gives a fine portrait of turn-of-the-century London (GBR86, $5.95)

Sense and Sensibility


by Jane Austen

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 409 PAGES

Set mostly in the West Country, this is the famous story of two sisters -- one prudent, discreet, and self-controlled, the other emotional, open and enthusiastic -- and the men they love. (GBR82, $7.00)

Shakespeare


by F.E. Halliday

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A short, expert biography of the Bard -- illustrated, incisive and compact. Halliday outlines the known events of Shakespeare's life, gives an overview of the Elizabethan era and defends poor Will from the slings and arrows of his detractors. (GBR241, $12.95)

Shakespeare


by David Bevington

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A biography of the bard structured around "The Seven Ages of Man" speech from "As You Like It." (TTR04, $19.95)

Shakespeare


by Michael Wood

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Companion to a popular PBS documentary series, this lavishly illustrated investigation of the Bard is a nice introduction to the man and his times, delving into his personal life, his influences and his most notable works. (GBR473, $17.95)

Shakespeare After All


by Marjorie Garber

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 1008 PAGES

An engaging, scholarly collection of Harvard professor Garber's lectures on each of Shakespeare's plays. (GBR653, $22.00)

Shakespeare in Theatre, An Anthology of Criticism


by Stanley Wells

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

Writers recount their observations of specific actors and productions in this lively and absorbing collection about Shakespearean performances through the ages. (GBR657, $38.50)

Shakespeare's English Kings, History, Chronicle and Drama


by Peter Saccio

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A history and guide to the English kings depicted in the plays of Shakespeare. (TTR09, $19.95)

Shakespeare's Political Drama, The History Plays and the Roman Plays


by Alexander Leggatt

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Leggatt examines the depiction of state and public power in the English and Roman histories. (TTR08, $41.95)

Shakespeare, A Life


by Park Honan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A delightful, informative and up-to-date biography of the Bard, his life, work and times. (GBR472, $34.95)

Shakespeare, An Oxford Guide


by Stanley Wells | Lena Cowen Orlin

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 744 PAGES

Presented in over 40 essays by prominent scholars, this is an engaging and expansive guide to Shakespeare and his works. (GBR656, $52.95)

Shrewsbury Map

Shrewsbury Map


by Ordnance Survey

  • MAP

A map of the region of Shropshire that surrounds Shrewsbury at a great scale of 1:50,000. (GBR172, $19.95)

A Shropshire Lad


by A.E. Housman

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES

Housman's collection of 63 poems, set in the Shropshire's countryside. (GBR445, $2.50)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight


by Brian Stone

  • LITERATURE
  • 1959
  • PAPER
  • 185 PAGES

Probably the most famous of the romantic tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, this is the 14th-century poem of chivalry and heroism that inspired many others in its wake. (GBR247, $11.00)

Sirens Sang of Murder

Sirens Sang of Murder


by Sarah Caudwell

  • MYSTERY
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 277 PAGES

A comic mystery set in the Channel Islands by Sarah Caudwell, whose Hilary Tamar mysteries (this is the third in a series of four) have become favorites for their clever plotting and erudite wit. (GBR196, $7.50)

The Sisters, The Saga of the Mitford Family


by Mary S. Lovell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

An engaging biography of the six Mitford sisters (Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah), minor English aristocracy who captivated the public with their writing, their love affairs and their politics. (GBR599, $18.95)

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII


by Alison Weir

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 644 PAGES

Meticulously researched, Weir's compelling biography of England's most infamous monarch brings both the women and their era to life. (GBR21, $16.95)

Small Island, A Novel

Small Island, A Novel


by Andrea Levy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A marvelous novel of family, displacement, belonging, race and empire, set in a Jamaican immigrant community in post-WWII London. (GBR560, $15.00)

Something Nasty In The Woodshed

Something Nasty In The Woodshed


by Kyril Bonfiglioli

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

The third episode in the British cult series starring Charlie Mortdecai, "knave-about-Piccadilly." (GBR605, $13.95)

South East England Map, including London

South East England Map, including London


by Ordnance Survey

  • MAP

The map the locals depend on for traveling in the south of England, including London. Cambridge and Oxford. Nicely detailed at a scale 1:250,000. (GBR27, $14.95)

Southwest England & South Wales Map

Southwest England & South Wales Map


by Ordnance Survey

  • MAP

The map the locals depend on for traveling in the south of England. (GBR26, $14.95)

The Spire


by William Golding

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 228 PAGES

Golding's allegorical tale of a man's quest to build a magnificent spire atop an English cathedral. (GBR454, $18.95)

The Spirit of St. Andrews

The Spirit of St. Andrews


by Alister MacKenzie | Robert Tyre Jones

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A discussion of the history, equipment and architecture of golf by the celebrated golf course designer. (GEN80, $19.00)

Stairways to the Stars, Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures


by Anthony Aveni

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 230 PAGES

A wide-ranging study of the influence of astronomy on the design of ancient monuments and cities, focusing on Stonehenge, the Incas and the Maya. (GEN314, $18.95)

The Steel Bonnets

The Steel Bonnets


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

MacDonald Fraser captures the celebrated mayhem, blood and glory of the Anglo-Scottish border raids in rich and entertaining detail. (SCT04, $14.95)

Stonehenge Complete

Stonehenge Complete


by Christopher Chippindale

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

An excellent introduction to Europe's most mysterious ancient site, fully illustrated and comprehensive. (GBR13, $24.95)

The Story of Britain

The Story of Britain


by Roy Strong

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 596 PAGES

A handsomely presented history of Britain. (GBR71, $49.95)

The Story of Greenwich


by Clive Aslet

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

An illustrated history of Greenwich. (GBR145, $22.95)

Stratford Upon Avon Map


by Geographers' A-Z

  • MAP

A helpful street map of Stratford Upon Avon. (GBR475, $7.95)

Strong Poison


by Dorothy L. Sayers

  • MYSTERY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The Sayers mystery featuring both Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. (GBR410, $7.99)

The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714


by Barry Coward

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 562 PAGES

A standard survey of 17th-centuy English history. (GBR548, $58.67)

Tales from Shakespeare


by Mary Lamb | Charles Lamb

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Not just for kids, a classic collection of the Bard's tales retold in prose. (TTR13, $4.99)

Tales of the Seal People, Scottish Folk Tales


by Chad McCail | Duncan Williamson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

Scottish folk tales featuring Silkies -- the seal people who can take human shape. (SCT18, $24.95)

Talking It Over


by Julian Barnes

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A modern version of "Jules and Jim.' (GBR118, $16.00)

Taming of the Shrew, The Oxford Shakespeare


by William Shakespeare | H.J. Oliver

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A volume in the Oxford Shakespeare series. (ITL526, $10.95)

The Tempest


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 258 PAGES

Shakespeare's magical play begins with Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, summoning a raging storm that leaves his enemies shipwrecked (reminiscent of a shipwreck on Bermuda during Shakespeare's time). (BRM07, $7.95)

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles


by Thomas Hardy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 592 PAGES

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 Thames


by Jonathan Schneer

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 384 PAGES

Schneer places the Thames at the center of the great events of British history in this engaging, anecdotal and evocative history. (GBR570, $35.00)

The Theatre, A Concise History

The Theatre, A Concise History


by Phyllis Hartnoll | Enoch Brater

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A fully illustrated survey of the theater from the days of the ancient Greeks to today, part of the "World of Art" series. (GEN213, $21.95)

Their Finest Hour (The Second World War, Volume 2)


by Winston S. Churchill

  • HISTORY
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 683 PAGES

An account of the Battle of Britain from Winston Churchill himself. (WAR29, $20.00)

Therapy: A Novel


by David Lodge

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 321 PAGES

(GBR64, $16.00)

Thomas Becket


by Frank Barlow

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A detailed biography of the Archbishop-turned-Saint, which pays special attention to the more controversial elements of Becket's career. (GBR490, $25.95)

Thomas Cranmer, A Life


by Diarmaid MacCulloch

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 692 PAGES

A biography of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1533 when he presided over Henry VIII's divorce until 1556 when Queen Mary had him burned at the stake. (GBR555, $28.00)

Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel

Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel


by Jerome Jerome | Jeremy Lewis

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 361 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Written in 1889, "Three Men in a Boat" (to say nothing of the dog!) is a laugh-out-loud account of a man-powered voyage along the River Thames, full of detail on life and lore. A Longitude favorite. (GBR28, $11.95)

Time and Chance


by Sharon Kay Penman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

A fictionalized account of King Henry II's relationships with his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine and Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. (GBR492, $16.00)

Titus Andronicus


by William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Shakespeare's gory chronicle of two feuding families in ancient Rome features rape, violence, murder and cannibalism. Good fun! (ITL736, $10.95)

To the Lighthouse


by Virginia Woolf

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 209 PAGES

Woolf's modernist classic, in which the Ramsay family goes on holiday in the Hebrides, is drawn from memories of childhood trips to Cornwall. (SCT41, $13.95)

Tom Brown's Schooldays


by Thomas Hughes | Andrew Sanders

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 466 PAGES

An early novel on the English school experience. (GBR455, $11.95)

Tom Jones


by Henry Fielding

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 975 PAGES

This great comic adventure novel, whose hero is thought to be illegitimate, was so shocking in its time that it was held responsible by some for two earthquakes that hit London soon after its publication in the 18th century. Even Dr. Johnson warned against its ribaldry! (GBR84, $16.50)

Towards a Modern Art World


by Brian Allen

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES

A look at the often neglected British art world in terms of modern art and its history. (GBR174, $55.00)

A Traveller's History of England


by Christopher Daniell

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Historian and archeologist Daniell delivers a comprehensive history of the region since the time of the hunter-gatherers in this compact volume, taking you through the Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Normans, and Medieval monarchs to the Reformation, Renaissance, the world wars, and the modern state of things. (GBR38, $14.95)

A Traveller's History of Oxford


by Richard Tames

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A compact history from settlement to the present. (GBR374, $14.95)

A Traveller's History of Scotland

A Traveller's History of Scotland


by Andrew Fisher

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This brief history of Scotland through the 1990s is wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed. With a useful chronology, a list of monarchs and a historical gazetteer, this book marches confidently through the centuries. (GBR40, $14.95)

Treasures of British Art, Tate Gallery

Treasures of British Art, Tate Gallery


by Robert Upstone

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES

A comprehensive collection of British art over the past five centuries. (GBR175, $11.95)

Tristan and Yseult


by Carl Grose

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

The performance texts of four of Britain's Kneehigh theater company's shows: Tristan & Yseult, The Bacchae, The Wooden Frock and The Red Shoes. (GBR625, $19.95)

Tudor England


by John Guy

  • HISTORY
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 582 PAGES

The standard history by a leading specialist on the Tudor monarchy and author of My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots. (GBR547, $54.95)

Turner


by Graham Reynolds

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

A collection of Joseph Turner's major artworks published alongside anecdotes and criticism. (GBR176, $18.95)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona


by Mary Beth Rose | William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 92 PAGES

One of Shakespeare's early comedies. (GBR612, $8.00)

The Vision of Piers Plowman (A Critical Edition of the B-Text Based on Trinity Colled Cambridge MS B.15.17)


by William Langland | A.V.C. Schmidt

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 550 PAGES

A critical edition and accurate rendering of the 14th-century Middle-English epic poem. (GBR444, $12.50)

Wales & West Midlands Map

Wales & West Midlands Map


by Ordnance Survey

  • 2001
  • MAP

A handsome locally grown map of Wales and the West Midlands of England at a scale of 1:250,000. (GBR122, $14.95)

Wales and Wars of Roses


by H. T. T. Evans | Ralph A. Griffiths

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 178 PAGES

An account of the wars and how they affected Wales. (GBR129, $19.95)

Wales-West Country-Midlands


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • MAP

A colorful map of southwestern England and Wales. (GBR194, $12.95)

The Warden


by Anthony Trollope

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Trollope's 1855 tale set in a Victorian English Bishopric. (GBR439, $12.00)

Warrior Queens, The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in World War II


by Daniel Allen Butler

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

A look at the military service of two of the most famous luxury liners. (OCE84, $26.95)

The Way We Live Now


by Anthony Trollope

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 1024 PAGES

A great masterpiece of storytelling, and a very sharp portrayal of the social, business and political life in London in the late 19th century. (GBR258, $12.95)

A Welsh Childhood

A Welsh Childhood


by Alice Thomas Ellis | Patrick Sutherland

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 186 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

An autobiographical set of stories and observations by a Welsh novelist, capturing day-to-day life in the countryside. Complemented by black-and-white photographs, this handsome edition evokes the culture, life and landscapes of Penaenmawr in North Wales. (GBR132, $24.95)

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew


by Daniel Pool

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

An entertaining, instructive guide to daily life in nineteenth century England. With excellent humor and an eye for detail, Pool clarifies the social customs, class distinctions and obsolete vocabulary of the Georgians and Victorians. (GBR320, $16.00)

White Teeth, A Novel


by Zadie Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

A rollicking novel of three families in 1990s London. (GBR463, $15.95)

Wildflowers of Britain and Europe

Wildflowers of Britain and Europe


by Margaret and Roland Spohn

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Over 450 species of wild flower are covered, each beautifully illustrated with detailed paintings and clear photographs. (EUR46, $21.95)

William Shakespeare, A Compact Documentary Life


by Samuel Schoebaum

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 405 PAGES

An academic, readable biography of the Bard. (GBR430, $24.95)

William the Conqueror, The Norman Impact Upon England


by David C. Douglas

  • HISTORY
  • 1964
  • PAPER

A classic account of the Norman invasion of England and its aftermath. (GBR249, $27.95)

William Wallace, Brave Heart

William Wallace, Brave Heart


by James MacKay

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

MacKay separates myth from legend in this rich account of one of Scotland's greatest heroes. He delves into medieval Scotland, setting the life of William Wallace in its historical context. (SCT30, $16.99)

Winston Churchill


by John Keegan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A short book in the Penguin Lives series. (EUR214, $14.00)

Winston Spencer Churchill, The Last Lion: Alone, 1932-1940


by William Manchester

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 684 PAGES

This second volume in the fascinating three-part biography of Winston Churchill illuminates the character of one of the largest figures of our time. War clouds had once again gathered, and the storm of World War II was beginning. (GBR78, $23.00)

Winston Spencer Churchill, The Last Lion: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932


by William Manchester

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 973 PAGES

This impressive volume, which covers the first 58 years of the monumental figure who guided England from the pinnacle of world empire through the catastrophe of World War II, ends in 1932. (GBR18, $25.00)

The Winter's Tale


by Frances E. Dolan | William Shakespeare

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 116 PAGES

In this tragicomedy, one of the last plays Shakespeare wrote, an infant princess is abandoned, the King of Belgium is forced to disguise himself as a shepard, and the Queen of Sicily resurrected. (GBR614, $7.00)

The Woman in Black


by Susan Hill

  • MYSTERY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

Here's a first-rate stylish ghost story that has got it all: haunted house, supernatural goings-on and a suitably naïve outsider. (GBR405, $15.95)

A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age

A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age


by William Manchester

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 322 PAGES

Organized into sections on the Renaissance, Reformation and Discovery, Manchester's popular history evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, including Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther. (EUR06, $15.99)

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights


by Emily Bronte

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

The Yorkshire moors have never been wilder or more conducive to tragedy than in this great romantic novel by Emily Bronte, which concerns an illicit and ill-fated love affair. (GBR307, $7.00)

A Zoo in My Luggage

A Zoo in My Luggage


by Gerald Durrell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Charming stories of a six-month sojourn in British Cameroon in search of animals for his new zoo. (WAF78, $14.00)

 

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