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From Fingal’s Cave to Camelot - Douglas Grey, edited by Jane Bliss, 1988 (MPhil Medieval English Studies)
Douglas Gray’s second and last posthumous book, From Fingal’s Cave to Camelot, was edited from his files by Jane Bliss, who worked with him during the last years of his life. It examines the history of Medieval Studies from the earliest days up until 1900
The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide - Jenny Rose Carey (1981, PGCE Educational Studies)
The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide by expert gardener Jenny Rose Carey tells you exactly how to get started, how to combine plants for the most spectacular effects, and how to keep your garden going from year to year.
Messalina: A Story of Empire, Slander and Adultery - Honor Cargill-Martin (2016, Classical Archaeology & Ancient History)
Honor Cargill-Martin reappraises one of the most slandered and underestimated female figures of ancient history. She finds a woman battling to assert her position in the overwhelmingly male world of imperial Roman politics - and succeeding.
Strange Days - Chris Considine (1960, English Language & Literature)
Strange Days is Chris Considine's sixth poetry collection. Some of her poems recall the Yorkshire countryside she loved, others give tantalising glimpses of a Breton cottage she visits, while others shine a light on real people, past and present.
Talking at Night - Claire Daverley (2010, Fine Art)
Talking at Night tells the story of Will and Rosie, who fell in love as teenagers but were broken apart by tragedy. Throughout their lives, Rosie and Will keep coming back to one another as their story continues.
A Sultry Month: Scenes of London Literary Life - Alethea Hayter (deceased) (1929, Modern History)
One of the first-ever group biographies, Alethea Hayter’s A Sultry Month is a lively mosaic of archival riches inspired by the collages of the Pop Artists.
To Battersea Park - Philip Hensher (1983, English Language & Literature)
To Battersea Park explores the strata and sediment of a single place and time. Set in a large city where we are forbidden to approach strangers, this is about what we share: humanity, imagination, and the love that emerges from many acts of telling.
On Belonging and Not Belonging: Translation, Migration, Displacement - Mary Jacobus (1962, English Language & Literature)
A look at how ideas of translation, migration, and displacement are embedded in the works of prominent artists, from Ovid to Tacita Dean.
Empowered: Live your life with passion and purpose - Vee Kativhu (2018, Classical Archaeology & Ancient History)
In this book, Vee draws on her own experience to help people from all over the world recognise their own talent and achieve their goals.
West Winds: Recipes, history and tales from Jamaica - Riaz Phillips (2012, MSc Modern Chinese Studies)
Winner of the Jane Grigson Trust Award 2022, the all-encompassing Caribbean cookbook West Winds introduces everyone, everywhere to the enriching and mouth-watering flavours that Jamaica has to offer.
Henry VIII and The Merchants: the world of Stephen Vaughan - Susan Rose (1955, Modern History)
Drawing heavily from the State Papers of the King, Henry VIII and the Merchants traces Stephen Vaughan's careers as a servant of Thomas Cromwell and of Henry VIII in the 16th century.
The Roman Catholic Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle - Paul Severn (1991, PGCE Educational Studies)
In this book, Paul Severn narrates the lives of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle, and thereby tells the story of the evolution and development of the diocese over some 170 years.
Artifice - Lavinia Singer (1987, English Language & Literature)
Artifice, the debut collection by Lavinia Singer, is an exploration of the art of making. Its poems celebrate the artistry of craftsmanship: how works relate to beauty, and how they might inspire or ensnare.
Courtly Love Revisited in the Age of Feminism - Antonia Southern (1952, Modern History)
Courtly love and feminism are strange bedfellows, the one a controversial literary concept, and the other a continuing crusade. Both can be taken seriously or ridiculed. In this incisive book, Antonia Southern tries to do both with both.
Soil - Catherine Swire (1987, English Language & Literature)
An outstanding debut collection from the Malvern-based writer and poet Catherine Swire, exploring in poetry and prose eight locations across the Worcestershire – Herefordshire border.
In the Shadow of St. Paul’s Cathedral - Margaret Willes (1964, Modern History)
This book tells the extraordinary story of St. Paul’s Churchyard - the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium.
Music in Twentieth Century Oxford: New Directions - Susan Wollenberg (1966, Music)
The chapters in this book shed light on music's unique ability to link 'town and gown', as shown by the Oxford Bach Choir, the city's many churches, and the major choral foundations.
Thunderstone - Nancy Campbell (1996, English Language & Literature)
An intimate journal across the space of a defining summer, Thunderstone is celebration of the people and places that hold us when the storms gather; an invitation to approach life with imagination and to embrace change bravely.
Let us Pray - Jane Doull (1974, Classics)
The collection is a compilation of prayers for worship organized into four volumes that cover various seasons in the church year and special occasions. The prayers are written in a simple and accessible language, without abstract theological language.
Constance - Joseph Zigmond (2010, Film Aesthetics)
Luminous and full of longing, Constance is a novel of teenage fragility, male blindness and everyday complicity.
Talking at Night - Claire Daverley (2010, Fine Art)
Claire Daverley's debut novel
The Truth Has Arms and Legs - Alice Fowler (1984, Human Sciences)
Readers will be moved by the raw vulnerability of human connection, and the resilience that allows us to grow and thrive in the face of hardship. In change, Fowler’s characters find the ability to be truly free.
A True Impediment - (S J Christie)
A new love story written by S J Christie, a teacher of English literature for many years, who has lived in Bonn, New York and Brussels, and now lives in London and East Anglia.
Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in South Africa The National Peace Accord, 1991-1994 - Revd Dr Liz Carmichael MBE (1966, Clinical Medicine)
Examines the creation and implementation of South Africa's National Peace Accord and this key transitional phase in the country's history, and its implications for peace mediation and conflict resolution.