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Britain | |||
| Travellers' Nature Guides | British Isles | |||
| Martin Walters; Bob Gibbons | ||||
| Oxford University Press 2003 384 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0198504330 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| Generously illustrated with line drawings, paintings, maps and photos, Martin Walters and Bob Gibbons's book offers the amateur naturalist a new guide to the whole range of flora and fauna in Britain. Covering such diverse habitats as sea-cliffs, rocky offshore islands, fens and wooded coombes, from the Orkneys to Dartmoor, and the Gower Peninsula to Orfordness, the authors' aim is to draw attention to special and beautiful places with abundant wildlife that are easily accessible to visitors. | ||||
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This Little Britain | |||
| How One Small Country Built the Modern World | British Isles | |||
| Harry Bingham | ||||
| Fourth Estate 2007 362 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0007258488 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
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Treasures of Britain | |||
| The Architectural, Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage of Britain | British Isles | |||
| John Julius Norwich (Edited by) | ||||
| WW Norton 2002 704 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0393057402 287x189mm | ||||
| Published Price $50.00 | Our Price £12.99 | |||
| The main part of this book is a magnificently illustrated, richly detailed A-Z gazetteer of over 2,000 entries describing churches and cathedrals, castles and historical houses, museums and galleries, gardens, landscapes and coastal features in England, Scotland and Wales. The gazetteer is accompanied by introductory chapters on the development of the landscape and outline histories of architecture and art in Britain, and personal lists of the 20 best country houses, gardens and churches by John Julius Norwich, Penelope Hobhouse and Simon Jenkins respectively. | ||||
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St Paul's | |||
| The Cathedral Church of London, 604-2004 | British Isles | |||
| Derek Keene; Arthur Burns; Andrew Saint (Edited by) | ||||
| Yale University Press 2004 538 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0300092768 324x250mm | ||||
| Published Price £65.00 | Our Price £35.00 | |||
| St Paul's is one of the two great churches in the capital that stand for the historical presence of Christianity in England and for the links between church and state. Those themes are among the many aspects of the cathedra's life explored in this magnificent volume of 42 illustrated essays. Specialists write on topics including architecture, liturgy, music and the library, while historical studies cover the 1,400 years separating the foundation of Bishop Mellitus' church of St Paul in 604 and the rebuilding of Paternoster Square in 2003. | ||||
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The London Look | |||
| Fashion from Street to Catwalk | British Isles | |||
| Christopher Breward; Edwina Ehrman; Caroline Evans | ||||
| Yale University Press 2004 174 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0300103999 285x245mm | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| Published to accompany the Museum of London's exhibition of the same name, this rich and stimulating history of 200 years of London fashion explores the circumstances and characteristics that have made the 'London look' distinctive. In eight illustrated essays the authors explore how the city's 'deep sense of the past and sharp hunger for the future' have infused its sartorial history, from the West End shops catering for the wealthy in 1800 to Top Shop in the 1990s. | ||||
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Coastline UK | |||
| Amazing Views from the Air | British Isles | |||
| Richard Cooke | ||||
| Thames & Hudson 2004 208 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0500542848 260x270mm | ||||
| Published Price £24.95 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| Great swirls of turquoise sea, tracts of golden sand - it could be the South Pacific, but these images are of Britain's coast. From Dover Harbour, travelling around the British Isles, via Lulworth Cove in Dorset, Caenarfon Castle in Wales, Northern Ireland, the Outer Hebrides and the mudflats of the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, the aerial photographer Richard Cooke has captured the interest of container ports and seaside piers as well as the astonishing beauty and diversity of the natural coast. | ||||
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Guide to Britain's Working Past | |||
| British Isles | ||||
| Anthony Burton | ||||
| WW Norton 2003 192 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0393325520 250x193mm | ||||
| Published Price $24.95 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| Anthony Burton presents an absorbing combination of gazetteer and history book, covering practically every aspect of Britain's working heritage. Arranged by region, the book combines historically informative and practical guides to industrial sites with feature articles on various important regional specialities, such as the tin mines of Cornwall and the slate quarries of North Wales. Copiously illustrated with maps and photographs, the book is an invaluable guide for exploring the legacy of our industrial past, from windmills to mines, potteries to engines, and foundries to canals. | ||||
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English Journey | |||
| or The Road to Milton Keynes | British Isles | |||
| Beryl Bainbridge | ||||
| Carroll & Graf 1997 158 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0786704209 | ||||
| Published Price £5.99 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| Using the conventions of British travel writing, Beryl Bainbridge updates JB Priestley's classic Depression-era journey from Southampton, via the Black Country and the Tyne and Tees, to East Anglia - and to the heart and soul of England. | ||||
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The Garden at Buckingham Palace | |||
| An Illustrated History | British Isles | |||
| Jane Brown; Christopher Simon Sykes | ||||
| Royal Collection 2004 224 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1902163826 314x250mm | ||||
| Published Price £19.95 | Our Price £14.99 | |||
| Best known as the venue for the Queen's garden parties, the 40 acres behind Buckingham Palace comprise one of the largest private gardens in London. This history tells the garden's story from its origins as a 17th century mulberry plantation to the role it plays in the life of the royal family today. Drawing on previously unpublished material from the Royal Archives and the Royal Collection, it also features 100 specially commissioned photographs recording a year in the life of the garden. | ||||
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The River Nene | |||
| A Pictorial History | British Isles | |||
| Josephine Jeremiah | ||||
| Phillimore 2003 144 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1860772579 246x185mm | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Our Price £6.99 | |||
| This collection of vintage photographs shows life in bygone times along the Nene, which rises in Northamptonshire and flows through Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, passing Northampton, Wellingborough, Oundle, Petersborough and Wisbech before reaching The Wash. | ||||
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The Textile Industry of South-West England | |||
| A Social Archaeology | British Isles | |||
| Marilyn Palmer; Peter Neaverson | ||||
| Tempus 2005 176 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752431331 | ||||
| Published Price £17.99 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
| Covering Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset and Devon, this is a study of the physical evidence for the region's once extensive and internationally renowned textile industry, which produced woollen cloth, silk, linen, lace, rope and sailcloth from the Middle Ages onwards. Most of the book is devoted to the history and design of the surviving buildings, and also shows how they have found new roles in the modern world. | ||||
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Working the Welsh Coast | |||
| Or 'No Dogs Allowed on the Beach!' | British Isles | |||
| Mike Smylie | ||||
| Tempus 2005 256 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752432443 | ||||
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Folklore of Warwickshire | |||
| British Isles | ||||
| Roy Palmer | ||||
| Tempus 2004 288 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752433598 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Our Price £5.99 | |||
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The Upper Derwent | |||
| 10,000 Years in a Peak District Valley | British Isles | |||
| Bill Bevan | ||||
| Tempus 2004 192 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752429035 | ||||
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Trent Lock, Shardlow and the Erewash Canal | |||
| British Isles | ||||
| Keith Taylor | ||||
| Tempus 2007 128 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0752443216 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| This photographic history of an important area of Britain's canal system presents a personal picture of life on the water, with thorough research into the colourful and innovative characters associated with the canals from the boat-builders to the navvies and the hardships they endured. | ||||
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