UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES

A Book of King's
Edited by Karl Sabbagh, principal photography by Martin Parr
How do you compile a book to convey the unique nature of King's? This book reflects the views of forty or fifty people who have benefited from the King's experience in a whole variety of ways.  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 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 Portrait of Trinity
Edited by Edward Stourton
A vividly illustrated volume which is not a history so much as a thematic exploration of both the individual's experience of the College and the College's development in the university, national and global arenas. 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...

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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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Clare through the Twentieth Century:
Portrait of a Cambridge College
Lindsey Shaw-Miller
This highly prestigious book celebrates the events and people that have left their individual mark on the life of Clare College, Cambridge, over the past 100 years. More...

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Corpus Within Living Memory - Life in a Cambridge College
Betty Bury and Liz Winter
An intimate and personal recollection of the great changes which have taken place in Corpus Christi College since the 1920s, in the words of former College members. 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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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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Girton - Thirty years in the life of a Cambridge College
Val Horsler
An illustrated iconic book about the first Oxbridge women's college to go co-ed in the mid 1970's. More...

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Goodenough College: The World in a London Square
General Editor: Janet Sacks
A highly illustrated and beautifully produced evocation of life and times in Mecklenburgh Square over eight decades, marking the 80th anniversary of the foundation of Goodenough College in 2011.  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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Madingley Rise and Early Geophysics at Cambridge
Carol Williams
This fine illustrated hardback volume, written by Carol Williams, traces the fascinating story of Geophysics at Madingley Rise. More...

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New College
General Editor: Christopher Tyerman
This beautifully illustrated hardback volume will offer a new, different portrait of the College, less a formal history and more an enjoyment of New College past and present.  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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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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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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St John's College, Cambridge - Excellence and Diversity
David Morphet
This beautifully illustrated volume on St John's, the second largest Cambridge college, recalls the memories of Johnians from all living generations - the highs, the lows, work and play, college characters and personalities, the politics and the intrigues. More...

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 Hidden Hall - Portrait of a Cambridge College
Peter Pagnamenta
A richly illustrated and poignant volume revealing the varied contributions that past and present students and Fellows have made to the wider world and the Hall itself. 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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Wadham College 1610-2010
Edited by Clifford Davies and Jane Garnett
A great deal has happened at Wadham since Cliff Davies and Jane Garnett produced the first edition of their lively and popular history of the college in 1994. Now as we approach Wadham's 400th birthday in 2010, the college has persuaded Cliff and Jane to produce a fully revised and updated new edition. More...

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