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Rainforest
Lewis Blackwell
The tropical rainforests are the lifeblood of the planet, regulating the climate, producing oxygen and providing a home to over half of the world's known species. This large-format photographic portfolio celebrates the wonders of this unique environment in images ranging from close-up studies of plants and insects to portraits of mammals and aerial views. Many photographers are represented, while the text explores the rainforests' astounding biodiversity and emphasizes why they must be preserved.
£40.00
now£12.99
Parish Church Treasures
The Nation's Greatest Art Collection
John Goodall
John Goodall traces a history of the British parish church and its cultural riches through 178 works of art and architecture, from runic inscriptions in the graveyard of St Cuthbert's, Bewcastle, to the war memorial, finished in 1934, in the former priory church in Wymondham. Goodall and Country Life photographer Paul Barker describe and picture an astonishing range of carvings and sculpture, paintings, decorated roofs, stained glass and spires, as well as oddities such as the golden dragon atop St Mary-le-Bow in London.
£25.00
now£11.99
National Birds of the World
Ron Toft
From Angola's Red-Crested Turaco to Zimbabwe's African Fish-Eagle, more than 90 avian species have been adopted as official symbols of national identity. Each bird is pictured and described in this comprehensive guide, which features data such as size, diet and habitat alongside an explanation of reasons for the bird's use as a national emblem, information on its conservation status and examples of its prevalence in the stamps, coats of arms and wider culture of its country. Foreword by Chris Packham.
£25.00
now£9.99
Isabella of France
The Rebel Queen
Kathryn Warner
Kathryn Warner, the biographer of Edward II, presents a compelling life of his wife Isabella of France, sister to the French king Charles IV, and one of the most notorious women in English history. Warner sets aside the stereotype of the 'she-wolf' to give a neutral study of the queen who rebelled. In 1326 Isabella, with her lover Roger Mortimer, forced Edward's abdication and ruled as regent to her son, Edward III, until her own deposition in 1330.
£14.99
now£6.99
Scotland
A History from Earliest Times
Alistair Moffat
In an ambitious and very readable account, Alistair Moffat offers a comprehensive history of Scotland, drawing on sources ranging from the lives of saints and medieval chronicles to reports of sporting events, popular culture and the 2014 independence referendum. Throughout the narrative Moffat uses text boxes to profile important figures such as John Capellanus, Robert Adam and Jo Grimond, or describe events such as the fate of the Blessing of Burntisland (a ferry) in 1633 and the Lockerbie disaster of 1988.
£25.00
now£9.99
A Nation and Not a Rabble
The Irish Revolution 1913-1923
Diarmaid Ferriter
Between 1913 and 1923 Ireland saw the emergence of the Ulster Volunteer Force resisting Irish home rule and, in response, the Irish Volunteers (later the IRA); then the First World War, the rise of Sinn Fein, intense Ulster Unionism and conflict with Britain culminated in the Irish War of Independence. Drawing on recently released archives, witness statements and the testimony of ordinary people, Ferriter's study reveals the gulf between reality and the rhetoric surrounding the politics and violence of that revolutionary period.
$35.00
now£7.99
Heaven and Earth
Katherine Roucoux
A tiny percentage of the universe is visible to the naked eye; most of it is too small, too distant or only revealed by x-rays or ultraviolet light. This book selects awe-inspiring images of this hidden realm captured by the most powerful microscopes and telescopes. Ranging from a single gold atom, magnified 260 million times, to galaxies at the edge of the universe, the images reveal surprising colours, shapes and patterns, and are accompanied by explanatory captions.
£16.95
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Watercolour Secrets
Jill Leman
This handsome, highly illustrated volume showcases the work of the members of the prestigious Royal Watercolour Society, including such well-known contemporary painters as Diana Armfield, Ken Howard and Sonia Lawson. Each artist discusses the inspiration behind their art and shares practical advice for working in the medium, in an intimate exploration of their daily creative striving and technical processes that will fascinate professional and aspiring watercolourists, collectors and anyone who enjoys watercolour paintings.
£29.99
now£9.99
Water Power and Watermills
An Historical Guide
Jonathan Brown
A mill dating to 150 CE at Ickham in Kent is the earliest evidence of the harnessing of water power in Britain, and the technology was in common use throughout the Middle Ages before providing the power behind the mills, pumps and forges of the early Industrial Revolution. This illustrated history examines the development of water power - from simple water wheels and dams to modern hydroelectric power generation and systems developed to exploit energy from waves and tides.
£25.00
now£12.99
Kingmakers
How Power in England was Won and Lost on the Welsh Frontier
Timothy Venning
Following the Norman Conquest, the Anglo-Welsh border region of the Marcher lords became a classic frontier society, its difference from the rest of England marked by language and ethnicity and by the often violent military nature of its local rulers. This study traces the history of the main lordships, from pre-1066 Norman involvement in the region to the role of the Mortimers of Ludlow in late medieval politics and the beginnings of the Tudor dynasty.
£20.00
now£9.99
Quartz and Feldspar
Dartmoor: A British Landscape in Modern Times
Matthew Kelly
Dartmoor is a place where people go to walk, to climb tors, to experience unspoilt wilderness; but in fact the landscape has been shaped by human activities, from its standing stones and clapper bridges to prison buildings and disused railway lines. In this study of the area, Matthew Kelly considers the many different responses to Dartmoor - archaeological, poetic, folkloric, commercial, environmentalist - and explores how 'this unusually distinct landscape has been encountered, imagined and argued over since the late 18th century'.
£25.00
now£8.99
Gondola
Donna Leon
First used in medieval Venice and prized for its manoeuvrability, the gondola evolved over the centuries into today's sleek, asymmetrical black boat. Illustrated with reproductions of views of Venice, Donna Leon's little book offers 'a new way to enter into the life of the city' through the stories of the gondola, its history, its makers and its songs. A CD of gondoliers' barcarole accompanies the book, recorded by Il Pomo d'Oro, with a special track by Cecilia Bartoli.
$27.50
now£3.99
Seashores
An Ecological Guide
Julian Cremona
Drawing on the author's long experience as head of the Dale Fort Field Centre in Pembrokeshire, this guide to coastline habitats focuses on the ways in which communities of organisms have adapted to life in such challenging environments as shingle, saltmarshes and muddy estuaries. Illustrated with more than 400 photographs, it combines information about the biology of common flora and fauna with explanations of the physical features of different types of shore.
£16.99
now£7.99
Dogs of the Shepherds
A Review of the Pastoral Breeds
David Hancock
'Shepherds have used dogs for well over 2,000 years. Man has conducted dog shows for less than 200.' David Hancock's history and worldwide survey of the pastoral breeds makes the strongest case for respecting the functional origins of these dogs rather than exaggerating features for the show ring. He describes the form and function of the various types - flock guardians, herding dogs, heelers and drovers' dogs - along with photographs and prints of the dogs as they were and how they are today.
£25.00
now£9.99
Newman's Unquiet Grave
The Reluctant Saint
John Cornwell
Written in the wake of publicity about the beatification of John Henry Newman (1801-1890), Cornwell's highly acclaimed biography focuses not on arguments for and against sainthood, but on Newman's character and importance as a writer. The study includes chapters devoted to each of his major works - Idea of a University, the Apologia, The Dream of Gerontius and The Grammar of Assent - and aims to reveal Newman's 'genius for creating new ways of imagining and writing about religion'.
£10.99
now£5.99
Snow and Steel
Battle of the Bulge 1944-45
Peter Caddick-Adams
Confidence that the Allied advance and ultimate defeat of Germany were inevitable was severely dented by the surprise German counterattack in the Ardennes in December 1944. This comprehensive new assessment of the month-long campaign draws on interviews with hundreds of veterans and local civilians to tell the story, and explores the legacy of the engagement: the largest and bloodiest of the war for the Americans, and arguably the greatest in its history.
£25.00
now£9.99
Wetland Bird Songs and Calls
Hannu Jannes; Owen Roberts
Covering twelve types of wetland birds, from wildfowl to wagtails, this book, together with its audio CD, is a guide to identifying 80 species by their calls. Each entry provides a colour photograph and Owen Roberts's brief account of the bird, its appearance and habitat and a description of its calls or songs, with its track number on the CD. All 80 species have been recorded by the ornithologist and bird-sound collector Hannu Jannes.
£12.99
now£4.99
Our Land at War
A Portrait of Rural Britain 1939-45
Duff Hart-Davis
Duff Hart-Davis examines how, in farms and villages, forestry land and country estates, the 'old ways' of Britain's countryside were challenged by the demands of war. As well as the profound impact of the need to grow more food and the loss of workforce as young men enlisted, the book examines the effects of the new role of women, the Land Girls and Lumber Jills, the requisition of land and houses, and the arrival of evacuees, Americans and prisoners of war.
£20.00
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Cities of Empire
The British Colonies and the Creation of the Urban World
Tristram Hunt
Boston and Bridgetown in Barbados, Dublin, Capetown, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Bombay, Melbourne, New Delhi and Liverpool: through studies of these ten cities, from their origins to the present, Tristram Hunt tells the story of the British Empire from the fresh perspective of its legacy of urbanism. The changing character of the Empire is traced through people, architecture and infrastructure, industry and social life, revealing the complexity of exchange, interaction and adaptation in the history and culture of these great cities.
$35.00
now£7.99
Catastrophe 1914
Europe Goes to War
Max Hastings
A tangled web of international alliances fuelled the politics of 1914 and, when war broke out, confidence in decisive military action soon faded as a stalemate became established on the Western Front. Here bestselling author Max Hastings examines the political and military manoeuvres of 1914, using the accounts of leaders and generals as well as ordinary people, to assess how Europe was drawn into war and review the first few months of action. American-cut pages. Slightly off-mint and felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.
$35.00
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Bestsellers

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The World's Greatest War Cartoonists and Caricaturists
1792-1945
Mark Bryant
Intended as a companion to his pictorial histories of the Napoleonic, imperial and world wars, Mark Bryant's biographical dictionary covers political, editorial and joke cartoonists and caricaturists from the French Revolutionary Wars in 1792 to 1945. The entries, illustrated with reproductions of around 150 classic cartoons, describe the wartime careers of over 300 artists, arranged alphabetically from Crispim do Amaral (1858-1911) lampooning Queen Victoria during the Boer War, to the German First World War cartoonist Heinrich Zille (1858-1929).
£20.00
now£7.99
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace
The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
Kate Summerscale
In June 1858, soon after the new Court of Divorce began sitting, Henry Oliver Robinson brought a divorce suit on the grounds of his wife's adultery, submitting her diary as evidence. Read aloud in court, the diary was more sensational than anything in contemporary fiction. Kate Summerscale tells the story of romance, scandal, the boundaries of privacy, and a diary in which Isabella Robinson 'seemed to have invited, and lovingly recorded, her own disgrace'.Slightly off-mint.
£16.99
now£3.99
Colne Through Time
Geoff R Crambie; Colin Bean
£14.99
now£2.99
Saxophone Colossus
A Portrait of Sonny Rollins
Bob Blumenthal; Photo. John Abbott
Still performing in his 80s, the tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins is one of the most dynamic jazz innovators of the post-war era. Abbott, Rollins's favourite photographer, brilliantly captures the man's personality both on stage and off, while the essays of jazz critic Blumenthal trace Rollins's long career performing with his own trio and other jazz greats such as Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge and Slightly off-mint.
£22.50
now£5.99
The Balloonists
The History of the First Aeronauts
LTC Rolt
On a November day 223 years ago Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandre ascended in their Montgolfier balloon to become the first aeronauts. This recent edition of LTC Rolt's classic book is a history of flight before the Wright Brothers. From the first Channel crossing and steam-driven powered flight, to the attempts at ballooning across the Atlantic, it features eye-witness accounts, anecdotes and impeccable research to shed new light on the beginnings of aviation.
£12.99
now£3.99
The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being
Evolution and the Making of Us
Alice Roberts
Lauded by Richard Dawkins, this book from the anatomist, anthropologist and presenter Alice Roberts takes a tour of the human body to track the evolutionary story told by different parts of our anatomy. From the tiny probability that a particular sperm will fertilize a particular egg to the unique flexibility of our thumbs - vital for making and using stone tools - she explains how millions of years of evolution have left their mark on the way human embryos develop.
$24.99
now£7.99
Forensics
Val McDermid
Val McDermid, a bestselling crime writer, takes a break from fiction and gives a compelling account of how forensic science solves crimes, with chapters on topics including fingerprints, insects, blood spatter, DNA and toxicology.
$26.00
now£7.99
Junk DNA
A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome
Nessa Carey
Only 2 per cent of our DNA contains the codes to produce proteins, so for many years scientists assumed that the rest of the genome was simply 'junk'. However, modern research is finally identifying the many vital functions performed by these 'dark' regions. In this book Carey introduces the most significant insights, with clear explanations for the general reader, and looks forward to the opportunities they provide for revolutionary developments in the treatment of a range of medical conditions.
£18.99
now£6.99
The Pearly Prince of St Pancras
Alf Dole; Jeff Hudson
Born into a family of costermongers, Alf Dole (1930-2013) was the grandson of the first Pearly King of St Pancras, and his proudest moment was putting on his own special suit as the Pearly Prince at the age of seven. His memoir vividly recalls a vanished world of pub singalongs, hop-picking summers in Kent and wartime camaraderie. With a foreword by the singer-songwriter Suggs.
£7.99
now£3.99
Midland Red in NBC Days
Mike Greenwood; Paul Roberts
£20.00
now£7.99
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome
Nigel Rogers
The first half of this accessible history highlights the people and political processes behind Rome's gradual growth from its origins as a small Iron Age settlement; the second focuses on the Roman army's training and organization, and the campaigns in which it responded to the series of military crises that eventually brought the empire to an end. More than 470 illustrations complement the text - maps and diagrams illustrating key battles, as well as photographs showing ancient artefacts and archaeological sites.
now£8.99
Early Japanese Railways, 1853-1914
Engineering Triumphs that Transformed Meiji-era Japan
Dan Free
Illustrated with a remarkable collection of maps, old photographs, paintings and woodblock prints, this history of the early railways in Japan also illuminates the country's social and cultural history during the 19th and early 20th centuries. After describing Japan in its isolation from the West before 1853, Dan Free traces in detail the introduction of railway technology and the growth of the network up to nationalization in 1912-14. Finally the appendices list railway companies, their locomotives, liveries and crests (shamon).
£62.00
now£16.99
Breakfast with Lucian
Geordie Greig
Geordie Greig, the editor of The Mail on Sunday and, previously, Tatler, has interviewed most major living artists. As a close friend of Lucian Freud (1922-2011) he is well placed to deliver an insider's account of this enigmatic, uncompromising but hugely talented painter. Based on regular private conversations with the artist and interviews with his lovers, children and friends, this memoir is fresh and funny as well as profound, and illuminated by a keen appreciation of Freud's work.
$30.00
now£9.99
Tudors
The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
Peter Ackroyd
Rich in detail and atmosphere, the second volume of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial six-volume history of England recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. The book covers the reigns of the Tudors from the accession of Henry VIII in 1509 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, and its dominant theme is the Reformation of the English Church.
$29.99
now£8.99
The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Puccini's La Boheme: The Complete Libretto
Giacomo Puccini
£14.99
now£5.99
The Lost City of London
Robert Wynn Jones
The Great Fire of 1666 swept away much of medieval London, obliterating the city of Chaucer, Shakespeare and Pepys. Illustrated with modern colour photographs alongside historic prints and maps, this concise and erudite handbook provides an alphabetical gazetteer to the scattered structures that survive, from fragments of the Roman walls to Jacobean houses in Cloth Fair, and from the mighty White Tower to the tiny church of St Ethelburga.
£9.99
now£4.99
Libya
From Colony to Revolution
Ronald Bruce St John
The overthrow of Qaddafi in 2011 appeared to signal a new dawn for Libya, but the country's future now seems uncertain once again. This comprehensive study navigates Libya's long history of occupation and despotic rule, from the ancient Greeks, through the Ottoman Empire to Mussolini. It provides an in-depth account of Qaddafi's regime, the Lockerbie bombing and the Arab Spring, and assesses the prospects for democracy in this troubled land.
£10.99
now£4.99
Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Flemish Painting
State Hermitage Museum Catalogue
Natalya Gritsay; Natalya Babina
£75.00
now£30.00
East Yorkshire Village Visits
Martin Limon
There are 31 studies of some of the East Riding's most interesting communities in this survey, based on the author's articles in the county magazine The Journal. Each essay discusses the village's notable architecture, especially churches and homes, as well as its social history. There are personal stories, including the experiences of the names on memorials to the First World War, and quotes from modern residents about more recent times. Many historic photographs complement the text.
£14.99
now£6.99
Celtic
Paul Lunney
Celtic changed from vertical green stripes to the famous hoops in the early years of the 20th century, and the distinctive jersey has since been worn by many of the greatest names in Scottish football. This book collects the official team photos from the first season of 1888 to the 2006-7 season as well as player portraits of legends such as Jock Stein and Bobby Murdoch. Changing Faces series.
£12.99
now£3.99

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