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		Taking Liberties
		The Struggle for Britain's Freedoms and Rights		Social & Industrial History
		Mike Ashley
		British Library 2008  144 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0712350713  296x253mm		Qty
		Published Price £25.00		Our Price £8.99
	For centuries Britain has laid claim to the notion of liberty, yet the rights and freedoms enjoyed today were hard won. This richly illustrated history uncovers those struggles and the winners, losers and stalemates, from Magna Carta to the Jarrow Hunger march of 1933, with sections devoted to rights for the elderly and disabled, the creation of the Welfare State and the new threats and challenges to our accepted views of privacy and freedom.

		The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
				Transport
		ICB Dear     (Edited by)
		Oxford University Press 2005  678 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0198606168		Qty
		Published Price £30.00		Our Price £9.99
	From Aaron Manby (the first steamship to be built of iron) to zulu (a type of fishing vessel, now obsolete), more than 2,600 entries, written by an international team of experts, make this the most comprehensive and authoritative reference work of its kind. The famous seamen, ships, seamanship and nautical terms of the first edition (1976) are updated and joined by new contributions on topics such as exploration at sea, satellite navigation, marine pollution, marine wildlife and modern sail training.

		Chaucer and Clothing: Clerical and Academic Costume in the General Prologue
		to the Canterbury Tales		Social & Industrial History Medieval History
		Laura F Hodges
		DS Brewer 2005  318 pages
		Hardback    1843840332		Qty
		Published Price £50.00		Our Price £9.99
	Religious and academic dress in the middle ages functioned as a metaphorical signifier of spiritual and intellectual standards, implied social status, signalled the rejection or possession of garment wealth and, in the details, suggested the wearer's spiritual state. This book presents a sustained analysis of the characterizing dress worn by those of Chaucer's pilgrims who were in holy orders or affiliated with universities, or both: the Prioress, the Monk, the Friar, the Clerk, the Doctour of Phisik, the Pardoner and the Parson.

		Faces of the Living Dead
		The Belief in Spirit Photography		Cultural Studies Photography
		Martyn Jolly
		British Library 2006  160 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0712348999  247x227mm		Qty
		Published Price £20.00		Our Price £7.99
	Technical advances between 1870 and 1930 brought an array of fads, among them the art of capturing ghostly apparitions in photographs. In a world ravaged by war, the chance to contact lost loved ones was readily embraced, and celebrity spirit photographers were both revered as miracle workers and reviled as frauds, exploiting the bereaved. Drawing on collections in The British Library and other archives, this book examines the evolution and popularity of spirit photography and reproduces works by its leading exponents.

		Visual Illusions
				Reference
		James Kingston
		T&J 2009  112 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  1844061256  304x218mm		Qty
		Published Price £15.99		Our Price £6.99
	From the familiar Rubin vase/face illusion to tricks of perspective, 'impossible objects' and complex 'peripheral drift' patterns that fool the eyes into seeing motion where there is none, James Kingston presents 30 of the most common examples of optical illusions. He introduces each one with a simple explanation of the basic concept behind the illusion, describes its discovery and significance and offers physiological and psychological explanations as to how and why it works.

		The Letters of Samuel Pepys
		1656-1703		Biography Literary Criticism
		Guy de la Bedoyere     (Edited by)
		Boydell 2006  288 pages
		Hardback    184383197X		Qty
		Published Price £25.00		Our Price £9.99
	Samuel Pepys is famed for his diary, with its often bawdy account of his private life. But his letters, continued long after he gave up the diary, span his whole career. Written from his desk at the Navy Office, his home in Clapham, from aboard ship and even from Tangier, to leading figures such as Newton, Evelyn and Dryden, they provide a fascinating glimpse of his life as a public servant in an extraordinary era of intrigue and unrest.

		The Enigma of the Knights Templar
		Their History and Mystical Connections		Medieval History Health & MBS
		Marilyn Hopkins
		Disinformation 2007  144 pages
		Hardback    1932857451  266x202mm		Qty
		Published Price £12.50		Our Price £5.99
	Founded to guard the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar rose to become one of the richest, most powerful and most secretive organizations in medieval Europe. Then, in 1307, the order was swiftly and brutally suppressed. Its rise and fall have inspired countless conspiracy theories. Illustrated in colour with modern maps, photographs and reproductions from historic manuscripts, this scrupulously researched book shows that the truth is stranger and more fascinating than fiction. Off-mint.

		Ad Infinitum
		A Biography of Latin		Philosophy & Linguistics Reference
		Nicholas Ostler
		HarperPress 2007  382 pages
		Hardback    0007221754		Qty
		Published Price £25.00		Our Price £9.99
	'The history of Latin is the history of western Europe': after supplanting the many languages of ancient Italy, Latin spread with the Roman empire and went on to become the language of sanctity and power through its association with Christianity, before its decline in the 17th and 18th centuries. Ostler's learned but very readable biography of the language explores why it thrived for two millennia, what obstacles it faced and how it lives on in the modern world.

		The Terracotta Army
		China's First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation		Ancient History Eastern Studies
		John Man
		Bantam 2007  288 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0593059298		Qty
		Published Price £20.00		Our Price £7.99
	John Man tells the fascinating story of the discovery and restoration of one of the world's most spectacular archaeological finds - the 6,000 life-size clay warriors that guard the tomb of China's First Emperor. Illustrated with maps, plans and colour photographs, the book explains how this enigmatic and ruthless figure forged China's warring states into a unified nation more than two millennia ago - and hints at the wonders that may still await discovery beneath the unexcavated parts of the emperor's burial mound.

		Dictionary of Contemporary World History
		From 1900 to the Present Day		Contemporary History
		Jan Palmowski
		Oxford University Press 2008  774 pages
		Hardback    0199295670		Qty
		Published Price £25.00		Our Price £7.99
	From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, from the Entente Cordiale to the Kyoto protocol, from the Somme to September 11, this is an essential work of reference for students, teachers and anyone interested in modern history or current affairs. More than 2,600 concise but detailed entries cover nations, conflicts, political and military leaders, treaties and summits, global and national organizations and campaign groups. For this third edition, all entries have been thoroughly updated, many with web links accessible via a companion website.

 

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