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HERITAGE & HISTORY

125 Years of Durham High School For Girls: A Birthday Celebration
Edited by Alison Utley
The fascinating story of the School’s original foundation and developments right up to the present. A lively, informative text and over 70 specially selected pictures will bring past and present to life to create a lasting souvenir of this milestone anniversary. More...

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A Brilliant Foundation for Life: A Portrait of Wells Cathedral School
Celebrating 1,100 years of education and music
In an exciting addition to the celebrations planned for the 1,100th anniversary, this book tells the story of Wells Cathedral School and its journey. It focuses especially on the route mapped out by Preb. A.F. Ritchie, Frank Commings, Alan Quilter, John Baxter and Elizabeth Cairncross. More...

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A Pitman's Anthology
Edited by William Jackson
A Pitman’s Anthology is a rich source of poetry and prose by and about coalminers and coalmining. Many of the authors are major figures such as Robert Burns, D.H. Lawrence Emile Zola, and J.B. Priestley. Many other voices are miners themselves – beautifully composed, passionate, and authentic. The diverse range of contributions describe in absorbing and captivating narrative, the harsh working conditions, the constant danger, the numerous tragedies in the mines, as well as the compassion and comradeship of pitmen and women. More...

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A Portrait of Gonville and Caius College
Photography by Dan White, edited by Wei-Yao Liang and Christopher Brooke
In words and pictures, this beautifully presented publication encapsulates the vital elements – its community of fellows, staff and students and its accumulation of inspiring buildings – which stretch back in an unbroken continuum through all 660 years of the College’s existence. More...

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A Portrait of Lincoln's Inn
Angela Holdsworth
A richly illustrated portrait tracing the development of one of London’s famous legal Inns of Court, from its fourteenth-century origins to its position today as a distinctive and important part of the fabric of our legal system. More...

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A Portrait of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Edited by Val Horsler
A Portrait is the first volume to offer a global panorama of the Order’s efforts and activities. Through compelling photoreportage from the front line, the book brings the day-to-day commitment of the Order’s volunteers vividly to life as well as portraying the humanity of those they serve. More...

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A Portrait of The University of Manchester
Historical Consultant: Professor Brian Pullan
This illustrated volume offers a fast-moving, fascinating panorama of university life in Manchester from its roots in the industrial Victorian era to its current position as the UK’s largest campus at the cutting edge of twenty-first century change and progress. More...

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A Shining Light: 150 Years of Bloxham School
Simon Batten
Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary, this richly illustrated hardback volume traces the remarkable story of All Saints School, Bloxham and gives a fascinating insight into its traditions, customs and achievements. More...

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Badminton School: The First 150 Years
Nigel Watson
Laced with a mix of serious, amusing and moving anecdotes throughout, this richly illustrated volume tells the story of the school in Bristol from its foundation by Miriam Badock in 1858, right up to the present day. More...

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Cambridge University - an 800th Anniversary Portrait
Peter Pagnamenta
This lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed and produced hardback volume traces the University's growth and development from its small beginnings to today's eminence and tomorrow's aspirations. More...

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Challenging Crime:
A Portrait of the Cambridge Institute of Criminology
Editor: Catharine Walston / Advisory Editors: Anthony Bottoms, Manuel Eisner and Friedrich Lösel
An entertaining and informative overview of the vigorous and inventive work of the Institute from pioneer days to the present. More...

Online Price £42.50 excl. p&p

Charterhouse: A 400th Anniversary Portrait
Advisory Editor Ernst Zillekens with photographs by Roger Smeeton
Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the school, this beautifully illustrated hardback volume will provide a compelling and colourful narrative of our school from its founding by Thomas Sutton in the seventeenth century to the present day and beyond. More...

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Christ Church, Oxford - A Portrait of the House
Professor Christopher Butler
This richly illustrated account of five centuries of life and learning at The House hums with the intimate details and human stories, sometimes scandalous, that make up any community. More...

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Durham Cathedral - Light of the North (Hardback)
John Field
A stunningly illustrated portrait of Durham Cathedral in which the author traces the development of this magnificent Norman cathedral through the words of kings, prince- bishops, priests and chroniclers. More...

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Durham Cathedral - Light of the North (Paperback)
John Field
A stunningly illustrated portrait of Durham Cathedral in which the author traces the development of this magnificent Norman cathedral through the words of kings, prince- bishops, priests and chroniclers. More...

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Eastbourne College - A Celebration
Managing Editor: Val Horsler and Advisory Editor: Forbes Wastie
A series of snapshots rather than a chronological history, this lavishly illustrated hardback book celebrates every facet of the College from its foundation in 1867 to the present day. More...

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Encountering Burges: Reflections on the Art and Architecture
of Worcester College Chapel
Susan Gillingham
Triumphantly revealed by restoration, the interior (1864—79) of Worcester College Chapel, Oxford, is the jewel-like masterpiece of William Burges, the greatest of the Victorian art-architects. In this highly illustrated book, Dr Susan Gillingham unravels the complex codes of Burges’ decorative scheme, showing how Jewish and Christian elements, stories and characters from the Old Testament and the New are dazzlingly combined with masonic symbols and further counterpointed with Darwinian references. More...

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Every Note Counts - The Story of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy
Fraser Simpson
Every Note Counts traces the extraordinary story of how in five decades a groundbreaking musical application that began quietly in a children’s home in the Worcestershire countryside, has transformed the lives of many thousands of children and adults through the power of music therapy, pioneered by two visionaries, Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins. More...

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FIDES NOSTRA VICTORIA: A Portrait of St John's College, Durham
Edited by Amabel Craig
To mark the centenary of St John's College, Durham, the College is working with Third Millennium Publishing to produce a handsomely illustrated hardcover evocation of the College and its life. More...

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First Seen - Portraits of the world's peoples (1840-1880)
Kathleen Stewart Howe
This unique book accompanies an exhibition of some 250 nineteenth-century portraits from one of the finest private photographic collections - the Wilson Centre of Photography, London. More...

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Harrow - Portrait of an English School
Robert Dudley
A lavishly illustrated book containing a series of intimate recollections, memoirs and anecdotes from former pupils, many well-known in a variety of fields from TV and drama to sport, politics, commerce and the services. More...

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Ideas that shaped the world
An introduction to the John Murray Archive (The National Library of Scotland)
This richly illustrated introduction to the John Murray Archive (1768 – 1920), now owned by the National Library of Scotland, offers a fascinating glimpse into the political, social and intellectual life of the period via correspondence between authors such as Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, Jane Austen and Charles Darwin and the famous publisher, John Murray. More...

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Keble - Past and Present
General Editor: Averil Cameron and Associate Editor: Ian Archer
This richly illustrated portrait of Keble College, Oxford is much more than a history. It is a highly visual documentary that tells Keble alumni a great deal that they don’t know, as well as remind them of their memorable experiences as undergraduates. More...

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Manuscript Treasures of Durham Cathedral
Edited by Richard Gameson
Durham possesses the finest collection of medieval manuscripts of any English Cathedral. This book presents the highlights of this supremely important collection in lavish illustration, accompanied by authoritative and accessible commentary. More...

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Newcastle University - Past, Present and Future
Professor Norman McCord
This beautifully illustrated volume evokes the story and the subsequent emergence of the university as a key cultural and academic leader in the regeneration of Newcastle and the North East, crowned by its nomination as the UK’s favourite university in 2001. More...

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Oundle - A School for All Seasons
Editor: Stephen Forge and Photographer: Julian Andrews
A beautifully illustrated landmark 450th anniversary publication of Oundle, one of the UK’s largest public schools and well known for its encouragement of practical and creative skills. More...

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Pembroke In Our Time - A Portrait of Pembroke College
Editors: Colin Gilbraith and Catharine Walston
This lavishly illustrated book is a social history of the Pembroke experience since the Second World War - recalling the memories over the last seven decades of Masters, Fellows, Members and staff of the College. More...

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Repton to the End
John Plowright
Much more than a history, this 450th anniversary volume recalls the experiences and memories of Reptonians during their time at the school – the highs, the lows, work and play, characters and personalities, the glimpses of the famous before they were famous, even scandals. More...

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Royal Artillery Woolwich - A Celebration
Consultant Editor: Brigadier Ken Timbers
The Royal Artillery’s move in May 2007 from Woolwich to Larkhill was a pivotal moment in the Gunner story. The Royal Artillery Woolwich - A Celebration is brimful of Regimental happenings and anecdotes and richly illustrated throughout. More...

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Rugby School - "With a fine disregard..."
Catharine Walston
The first full-colour portrait of Rugby, a school with an iconic past – including the great Dr Arnold and his fictional pupil Tom Brown, William Webb Ellis, who ‘with a fine disregard for the rules’ picked up a ball and ran with it, Charles Dodgson (before he became Lewis Carroll and many other famous names. More...

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Sandhurst - A Tradition of Leadership
Christopher Pugsley and Angela Holdsworth
This stunningly illustrated book explores and explains what makes the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst so special and why it continues to wield an unprecedented degree of cultural influence throughout the world. More...

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School Story - A Portrait of Cumnor House
Nick Milner-Gulland
A beautifully illustrated celebration of the first 75 years of a very special school, brought to life through the many memories, anecdotes, reminiscences and memorabilia from current and former pupils, parents, staff and friends of Cumnor House. More...

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Serve and Obey - The Story of Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
John Wigley
A richly illustrated history of Habs, told with authority and wit, recounts corruption and conflict in many of the early years. By the beginning of the 20th century the School began to grow and evolve very successfully, underpinned by the move to Elstree in 1961. More...

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Shakespeare's Church: A Parish for the World
Edited by Val Horsler with an Introduction by Professor Jonathan Bate
A fascinating portrait of a typical English parish church that just happens to be world famous as the burial place of the world’s most celebrated dramatist. More...

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SOAS - A Celebration in Many Voices
Advisory Editors: Professor Hugh Baker and Dr Charles Tripp
On the anniversary of its ninetieth year, this richly illustrated portrait of SOAS reflects the exceptional nature of the School and the extraordinary range of interests and outreach, captured through first-hand memories, anecdotes and memorabilia from all those who have worked and studied there. More...

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Swift and Bold - A Portrait of The Royal Green Jackets 1966 - 2007
Andrew Pringle
The Royal Green Jackets merger into the recently formed Rifles Regiment offers a timely opportunity to celebrate the Regiment’s traditions, ethos and service over the last 40 years in this richly illustrated hardback volume – a book every Rifleman will want to own. More...

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The Durham Difference - The Story of Durham University
Nigel Watson
This richly illustrated volume, published as part of the celebrations marking Durham University’s 175th anniversary, spans the birth, infancy and maturity of the country’s third oldest university. More...

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The Family Album: A Portrait of St George's College, Weybridge
Nigel Watson
The first ever richly illustrated portrait tracing the fascinating story of St George’s College, from its foundation in Croydon as the first Josephite school outside Belgium, right up to the present day as a flourishing co-educational school in Woburn Park, Weybridge, with its ever present strong family ethos. More...

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The Guards - Excellence in Action
General Editor: Rupert Uloth
A richly illustrated portrait, including first-hand accounts and memories from former members and those serving today, of the seven famous regiments of the British Army, known collectively as the 'Guards'. More...

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The Inner Temple - A Community of Communities
Editors: Clare Rider and Val Horsler
A full-colour illustrated 400th anniversary volume, beautifully designed and produced, offering a rich panorama of life, law and learning in the Inn over six centuries and more, with special emphasis on the future of the Inner Temple. More...

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The Phoenix Rises - A Portrait of Coventry University in its City
Paul Cheeseright
A new richly illustrated publication which encompasses both the history and traditions of the University and its antecedents, and its active engagement with the technological aesthetic and social challenges of the 21st century. More...

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The Royal Hospital Chelsea - The Place & the People (Hardback)
Dan Cruickshank
The first single-volume illustrated portrait of the Royal Hospital ever undertaken, presenting the institution today in the context of its history, architecture and some of the lives of the In-Pensioners themselves. More...

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The Royal Hospital Chelsea - The Place & the People (Paperback)
Dan Cruickshank
The first single-volume illustrated portrait of the Royal Hospital ever undertaken, presenting the institution today in the context of its history, architecture and some of the lives of the In-Pensioners themselves. More...

Online Price £14.95 excl. p&p

The Scarlet Runners: A Social History of Queen Anne's, Caversham
Daniel Talbot
A Portrait of Queen Anne's School to treasure. In The Scarlet Runners: A Social History of Queen Anne’s, Caversham, individual voices predominate, throwing light on the great variety of experience the school has offered girls through the generations. More...

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The Story of Parliament - In the Palace of Westminster
John Field
The Palace of Westminster has been at the centre of government for over 900 years. This gripping account tells of great confrontations with the likes of Charles II and Cromwell, and captures the careers of charismatic parliamentarians such as Walpole, Pitt, Churchill, as well as other great performers in the two Houses through to the present day. More...

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Westminster Abbey - Kingdom Power and Glory (Hardback)
John Field
The latest edition of this highly illustrated, large format, historical guide to Westminster Abbey published by James & James, is a highly readable account of this great institution, which is central to the long history of the United Kingdom. More...

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Westminster Abbey - Kingdom Power and Glory (Paperback)
John Field
The latest edition of this highly illustrated, large format, historical guide to Westminster Abbey published by James & James, is a highly readable account of this great institution, which is central to the long history of the United Kingdom. More...

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Westminster Hall - Nine Hundred Years of History (Hardback)
Dorian Gerhold
Built 900 years ago, Westminster Hall was for centuries the centre of the great institutions of state in England. It has seen the transition from autocratic monarchy to the rule of law and representative government, and eventually to parliamentary democracy. Against this background the richly illustrated text describes the building, its changing uses, the banquets, trials and many historical events associated with Westminster Hall. More...

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Westminster Hall - Nine Hundred Years of History (Paperback)
Dorian Gerhold
Built 900 years ago, Westminster Hall was for centuries the centre of the great institutions of state in England. It has seen the transition from autocratic monarchy to the rule of law and representative government, and eventually to parliamentary democracy. Against this background the richly illustrated text describes the building, its changing uses, the banquets, trials and many historical events associated with Westminster Hall. More...

Online Price £8.95 excl. p&p

WGS: A History of Wolverhampton's Grammar School
Paul Cheeseright
This highly illustrated commemorative book celebrates the 500th anniversary of WGS and is a story of endeavour, of challenges confronted, of disputes resolved and of success through adversity. More...

Online Price £25.00 excl. p&p

York Minster: A Living Legacy (Hardback)
The Very Rev. Keith Jones (Dean of York), Louise Hampson, Dr Richard Shephard
A lavishly illustrated portrait of the Minster and its community, including recollections and the thoughts of people who have been a part of its human fabric. More...

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York Minster: A Living Legacy (Paperback)
The Very Rev. Keith Jones (Dean of York), Louise Hampson, Dr Richard Shephard
A lavishly illustrated portrait of the Minster and its community, including recollections and the thoughts of people who have been a part of its human fabric. More...

Online Price £15.95 excl. p&p

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