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	The Story of England  •  Christopher Hibbert HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES Beautifully illustrated with color pictures, chronological charts, royal genealogies, and maps, this popular history of English politics, economics, and culture from the Neolithic to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. Hibbert, a masterful storyteller, relates anecdotes that bring history to life in this concise, highly readable introduction to England's past. (GBR02, $14.95)
	In Search of England  •  H.V. Morton  •  James Morris TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 274 PAGES The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings through the English countryside in the early days of the motorcar. As in all of his many travel books, Morton charmingly mixes a deep appreciation of the art, culture, and especially, the history of a place with his own keen observations. First published in 1927 and now returned to print in a handsome paper edition with an introduction by Jan Morris. (GBR368, $16.00)
	Cotswolds Map  •   Ordnance Survey 2005 •  MAP A terrific, colorful, and very detailed topographic map of the Cotswolds, at a scale of 1:25,000. It shows Chipping, Campden, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cirenchester, Burford and part of the Cortswold Way. (GBR124, $19.95)

	Oxford, A Cultural and Literary Companion  •  David Horan   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This guide to the city and university focuses on the many writers and historic personalities from King Charles to Shelly, Christopher Wren, Oscar Wilde, Dr. Johnson, Alice of the Looking Glass, and C.S. Lewis. (GBR239, $15.00)
	Notes from a Small Island  •  Bill Bryson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A farewell walking tour of England by an American expatriate who has decided to return home after two decades. Like all of Bryson's books, it's full of rich conversations, humorous anecdotes and amusing interactions. (GBR16, $14.00)
	The Mother Tongue, English and How it Got that Way  •  Bill Bryson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An indispensable guide to the language that divides us, this book is a humorous and informative history of the English language that showcases Bryson's wry wit. (GBR15, $14.95)
	The Professor and the Madman  •  Simon Winchester   • HISTORY  •  The bizarre true story behind the birth of the Oxford English Dictionary and two men -- one a scholarly editor, the other a mentally ill, convicted murderer -- who contributed to its creation. (GBR178, $13.95)
	Buildings of the Cotswolds  •  Denis Moriarty   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An illustrated, informative survey of the architecture of the Cotswolds. Organized geographically, it features significant buildings in the nine small towns of Burford, Chipping Campden, Cirencester, Malmesbury, Minchinhampton, Painswick, Tetbury, Winchcombe and Witney. (GBR222, $37.50)
	Looking for Class, Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge  •  Bruce Feiler   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A witty, charming and astutely observed account of an American graduate student's year spent in the halls of England's most prestigious academic institutions. (GBR467, $14.95)
	Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death  •  M.C. Beaton   • MYSTERY  •  In this installment of the Agatha Raisin series, our heroine has moved to a not-quite-so-quiet village in the Cotswolds, and of course finds her self in the middle of a puzzling murder. (GBR212, $6.99)
	An Instance of the Fingerpost  •  Iain Pears   • MYSTERY  •  An acclaimed historical mystery set in 17th-century Oxford. (GBR530, $16.00)
	Gaudy Night  •  Dorothy L. Sayers   • MYSTERY  •  A great Sayles mystery, set at Oxford, featuring the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey. (GBR187, $7.99)
	Jude the Obscure  •  Thomas Hardy   • LITERATURE  •  Hardy's last novel, the story of a young man of the working-class searching for an education and acceptance in the unforgiving world of Victorian England. (GBR450, $9.00)
	The Invention of Love  •  Tom Stoppard   • LITERATURE  •  The writer A.E. Houseman, adrift on the River Styx, meets his younger self, and reflects on a life lived in the shadow of Oscar Wilde. Tom Stoppard's play delivers a powerful, intricate meditation on life, scholarship and the after-life. (GBR165, $12.00)

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