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Pembroke In Our Time - A Portrait of Pembroke College

Repton to the End

SOAS - A Celebration in Many Voices

The Inner Temple - A Community of Communities

The University of Manchester - A Portrait

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HERITAGE & HISTORY

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 will tell the story of Wells Cathedral School and its journey. It will focus especially on the route mapped out by Preb. A.F. Ritchie, Frank Commings, Alan Quilter, John Baxter and Elizabeth Cairncross. More...

Online Price £32.50 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £34.50 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £19.50 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £45.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £30.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £16.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £35.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £10.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £24.50 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £25.75 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £32.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £6.50 excl. p&p

Independent Vision: A History of The Portsmouth Grammar School
Nigel Watson
This lively and witty narrative shows how Portsmouth's oldest school, founded in 1732, is grounded in the history of Britain's oldest port. It has evolved under a succession of outstanding heads to become one of the country’s leading independent, co-educational day schools with the highest academic standards. More...

Online Price £20.00 excl. p&p

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 will be a highly visual documentary that will tell Keble alumni a great deal that they don’t know, as well as remind them of their memorable experiences as undergraduates. More...

Online Price £32.50 excl. p&p

Lincoln's Inn - A Portrait
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...

Online Price £45.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £45.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £34.50 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £45.00 excl. p&p

Repton to the End
John Plowright
Much more than a history, this 450th anniversary volume will recall 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...

Online Price £45.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £34.50 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £35.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £35.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £28.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £35.00 excl. p&p

Swift and Bold - A Portrait of The Royal Green Jackets 1966 - 2007

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...

Online Price £35.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £25.00 excl. p&p

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...

Online Price £35.00 excl. p&p