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After You With The Pistol
• Kyril Bonfiglioli
• MYSTERY
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Another installment in the British Charlie Mortdecai series, starring a whiskey-swilling man-about-town.
(GBR590, $13.95)
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The Age of Shakespeare
• Francois Laroque
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Art and Architecture of London, An Illustrated Guide
• Ann Saunders
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated guide to the architectural treasures of London.
(GBR97, $24.95)
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The Arts and Crafts Movement
• Wendy Kaplan
• Elizabeth Cumming
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A survey of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain, America and Europe, looking at the work of several important designers of furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork, textiles and architecture.
(GBR120, $16.95)
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Birds of Britain & Europe
• Hermann Heinzel
• Richard Fitter
• John Parslow
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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This masterfully organized Collins Pocket Guide, featuring 3,000 color illustrations covers the birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
(EUR49, $27.50)
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Blue Guide Prague
• Jasper Tilbury
• GUIDEBOOK
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A detailed guide to Prague, with excellent information on its celebrated architecture.
(CZH56, $21.95)
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Bradt Guide Eccentric Britain
• Benedict le Vay
• GUIDEBOOK
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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, $22.95)
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Bradt Guide Eccentric Britain
• Benedict le Vay
• GUIDEBOOK
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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, $22.95)
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British Isles Map, Great Britain and Ireland
• Michelin Travel Publications
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A colorful and accurate map of both Great Britain and Ireland, at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(GBR07, $11.95)
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The British Isles, A History of Four Nations
• Hugh Kearney
• HISTORY
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The Celts, Romans, Vikings, Normans and modern immigrants all make an appearance in Kearney's elegant and revisionist history, the tale of not just the English but also of the Scots, Welsh and Irish.
(GBR88, $33.99)
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Britons: Forging the Nations, 1707-1837
• Linda Colley
• HISTORY
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An interesting study of national British identity and the joining of England, Scotland and Wales.
(GBR81, $21.00)
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The Celts, Conquerors of Ancient Europe
• Chriatiane Eluere
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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A colorful pocket-size encyclopedia documenting the art and archaeology of the Celts. With 100 maps and illustrations.
(CLT01, $12.95)
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Coast, A Celebration of Britain's Coastal Heritage
• Christopher Somerville
• NATURAL HISTORY
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(GBR610, $29.95)
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Cross Channel
• Julian Barnes
• LITERATURE
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Each linked in some way with cross channel experiences, these ten short stories range in time from the late 17th century to the year 2015. Comic, complex and intellectual.
(GBR56, $13.00)
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Empires of the Atlantic World, Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830
• J. H. Elliott
• HISTORY
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A masterful synthesis of English and Spanish colonies in the New World.
(ATL24, $50.00)
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England, England
• Julian Barnes
• LITERATURE
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Barnes turns his characteristic wit toward both England and the traveling experience in this novel.
(GBR45, $13.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Great Britain
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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With 1,400 photos, maps and excellent introductory chapters, this guide is both a general introduction to Great Britain and a region-by-region look at its attractions.
(GBR01, $30.00)
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Eyewitness Guide London
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
• Guy Mountfort
• FIELD GUIDE
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A classic field guide in the Peterson series.
(EUR15, $22.00)
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Fodor's London's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys
• Thomas Urquhart
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Good Gardens Guide
• Katherine Lambert
• Peter King
• GUIDEBOOK
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A thorough guide to Britain's historic gardens, complete with tourist information and photographs.
(GBR632, $24.95)
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Great Britain Map
• Ordnance Survey
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A homegrown, excellent map at a scale of 1:650,000.
(GBR06, $12.95)
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The History of English Interiors
• Peter Aprahamian
• Ann Gore
• Alan Gore
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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An Illustrated History of the First World War
• John Keegan
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War
(WAR16, $50.00)
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Insight Guide Great Gardens of Britain & Ireland
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, nicely illustrated guide to 300 noteworthy gardens throughout the British Isles.
(GBR394, $23.95)
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Letters from London
• Julian Barnes
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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, $14.00)
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Life in the English Country House, A Social and Architectural History
• Mark Girouard
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A celebrated social and architectural history of life in English country houses, fully illustrated in black and white and color, first published in 1978. Girouard traces the history of these houses from medieval times to World War II.
(GBR221, $42.00)
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Literary Trails, British Writers in their Landscapes
• Christina Hardyment
• LITERATURE
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A survey of the British landscapes that have given shape to the literary characters of Jane Austen, Daphne du Maurier, Virginia Woolf, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, and Wordsworth.
(GBR164, $49.50)
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London, A History
• A.N. Wilson
• HISTORY
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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)
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London, A Social History
• Roy Porter
• HISTORY
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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)
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Loving Will Shakespeare
• Carolyn Meyer
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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Popular young adult author Carolyn Meyer fictionalizes the romance between Anne Hathaway and the young William Shakespeare in this novel for teens.
(GBR668, $17.00)
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The Map That Changed the World, William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
• Simon Winchester
• HISTORY
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(GBR607, $13.95)
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The Meaning of Everything, The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
• Simon Winchester
• HISTORY
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(GBR608, $15.95)
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Pax Britannica, The Climax of Empire
• James Morris
• HISTORY
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The centerpiece of the trilogy "Pax Britannica," this entertaining history concentrates on the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial power and splendor.
(GBR10, $26.00)
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The Professor and the Madman (Audio)
• Simon Winchester
• HISTORY
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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)
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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
• Lawrence James
• HISTORY
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An epic of the empire's achievements from 1600 to the present.
(GBR72, $21.95)
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Roman Britain
• Martin Millett
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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Millett draws on archaeological and historical sources to examine the cultural, social and economic impact of 400 years of Roman rule.
(GBR638, $22.95)
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Roman Britain, A New History
• Guy De La Bedoyere
• HISTORY
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An illustrated chronicle of Britain as a Roman province places the region's conquest and occupation by Rome within a larger context of Romano-British society.
(GBR620, $39.95)
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Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders
• John Clifford Mortimer
• MYSTERY
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(GBR622, $14.00)
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Rumpole and the Primose Path
• John Clifford Mortimer
• MYSTERY
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(GBR623, $14.00)
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The Secret Agent
• Joseph Conrad
• LITERATURE
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This classic spy story by Joseph Conrad gives a fine portrait of turn-of-the-century London
(GBR86, $5.95)
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Something Nasty In The Woodshed
• Kyril Bonfiglioli
• MYSTERY
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The third episode in the British cult series starring Charlie Mortdecai, "knave-about-Piccadilly."
(GBR605, $13.95)
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The Story of Britain
• Roy Strong
• HISTORY
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A handsomely presented history of Britain.
(GBR71, $49.95)
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Thomas Becket
• Frank Barlow
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A detailed biography of the Archbishop-turned-Saint, which pays special attention to the more controversial elements of Becket's career.
(GBR490, $23.95)
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Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel
• Jerome Jerome
• Jeremy Lewis
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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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, $11.00)
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Time and Chance
• Sharon Kay Penman
• LITERATURE
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A fictionalized account of King Henry II's relationships with his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine and Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
(GBR492, $15.95)
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A Traveller's History of England
• Christopher Daniell
• HISTORY
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A good compact history of England that spans from the days of Roman rule to membership in the European Economic Community.
(GBR38, $14.95)
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The Tudor Women
• Carolyn Meyer
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A boxed set featuring four volumes in Meyer's popular young adult Royal Diaries series ("Mary, Bloody Mary," "Beware, Princess Elizabeth," "Doomed Queen Anne" and "Patience, Princess Catherine").
(GBR667, $23.85)
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Wildflowers of Britain and Europe, Compact Guide
• W. Lippert
• D. Podlech
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact photographic guide to British and European wildflowers, covering 350 of the most commonly encountered species. Flowers are organized by color for easy identification.
(EUR46, $19.99)
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Winston Spencer Churchill, The Last Lion: Alone, 1932-1940
• William Manchester
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Winston Spencer Churchill, The Last Lion: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
• William Manchester
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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, $23.00)
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