Humphrey Burton: In My Own Time: An Autobiography

Humphrey Burton

£25.00

The long-awaited autobiography of Sir Humphrey Burton, one of Britain's most influential post-war music and arts broadcasters, is a must-read for classical musical enthusiasts and those fascinated by some of the twentieth century's star performers. It also offers unique insights into the history of music, the BBC and arts broadcasting in twentieth-century Britain.

'A Marvel to Behold': Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII

Timothy Schroder

£45.00

Beautifully illustrated throughout with 124 colour images, it explores Henry VIII’s magnificent – and now largely lost – collection of gold and silver, the most spectacular of any British monarch.

Augusta Browne: Composer and Woman of Letters in Nineteenth-Century America

Bonny H. Miller

£95.00

The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern.

Beethoven's Lives: The Biographical Tradition

Lewis Lockwood

£18.98 £17.65

The essential guide to Beethoven biography through the ages.

Bestiary: Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764

Richard Barber

£14.99 £13.94

One of our most popular books, a delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary. 136 colour illustrations.

Cheer Up!: British Musical Films, 1929-1945

Adrian Wright

£30.00

The story of British musical film from the very beginning of talkies to the end of the Second World War.

A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

£17.98

A guide to the engaging voice and multiple stories of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Crippen: A Crime Sensation in Memory and Modernity

Roger Dalrymple

£45.00

How the story of Crippen persists in memory and popular culture.

A Critical History of German Film, Second Edition

Stephen Brockmann

£29.95

The most comprehensive history of German cinema.

Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

£12.99

Ngugi wa Thiong'o's timeless, powerful classic.

Designing Norman Sicily: Material Culture and Society

£60.00

Uncovers the cultural and historical significance of Norman Sicily's mosaics, frescoes, art and architecture.

English Local History: An Introduction

Kate Tiller

£19.98 £18.58

Updated and expanded edition of the classic guide.

Fitzcarraldo

Lutz Koepnick

£12.99 £12.08

"Only the dreamers..." A fresh look at Herzog's classic.

Julian Anderson: Dialogues on Listening, Composing and Culture

Julian Anderson and Christopher Dingle

£45.00

Provides revealing insights into the practicalities and psychology of composing.

Law, Liberty and the Constitution: A Brief History of the Common Law

Harry Potter

£17.98

An entertaining history of common law from the Anglo-Saxons to the present day.

Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC: Works, Politics, Performances

£85.00

How Leonard Bernstein influenced American culture, society, and politics.

Magnificence: and Princely Splendour in the Middle Ages

Richard Barber

£30.00 £27.90

Possibly our most beautiful book: 108 colour illustrations in large format.

Medieval Pets

Kathleen Walker-Meikle

£14.99 £13.94

Who kept pets in the Middle Ages and what did animals did they dote on?

The Medieval Tournament as Spectacle: Tourneys, Jousts and <I>Pas d'Armes</I>, 1100-1600

£60.00

The tournament as social display.

Medievalism, Politics and Mass Media: Appropriating the Middle Ages in the Twenty-First Century

Andrew B.r. Elliott

£16.98

Why do politicians and the media so often label something "medieval"? Why are the Middle Ages so often equated with "barbaric"? And why are some medieval figures appropriated by different causes today?