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The first major travel book by a Westerner to explore Duterte's Philippines.

The significance of the last Maharajah and his statue relates both to the past, when the Sikhs had their own sovereign kingdom, and the present as modern Sikhs find their identity in contemporary Britain.

In this remarkable narrative of travel and cultural history, Oxford historian and author James Pettifer makes his own philosophical journey as a visiting scholar at Princeton University, where Springsteen's music becomes a metaphor for the nature of New Jersey society.

The poems range across a number of topics related to marriage: parenthood, family, friendship, intimacy, divorce and bereavement, and refer from time to time to marriages in literature, operas, and the Old Testament

In The Eleanor Crosses, Decca Warrington tells this tale of survival and continuity over seven centuries, and also offers a new perspective on the remarkable life and death of the nowadays little-known queen whose legacy they are -- Eleanor of Castile, the woman who won the heart of one of England's most forceful and charismatic kings

Memoir of one boy's experience of growing up in Oxford in the 1940s and 1950s

A thriller novel

Vignettes of travel writing from around the globe in 26 A - Z stories, peopled with eccentric characters

Not a self-help guide but a candid, confessional memoir about mental illness that intersperses poetry and prose

River Effra: South London's Secret Spine is the first comprehensive account, beginning with its underlying geology and pre-history and continuing through to the river's ongoing significance today.

History of Camisard Uprising in 18thc France

Fresh look at the life of Sabine Baring Gould, most famous for composing the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers"

Charts the impact wind has had on history, including the Roman invasion, the Spanish Armada, the transformation of the Fens, the D-Day landings, and much more

Introduces visitors to the nocturnal allure of Madrid, which you cannot find in the guidebooks

Follows the four roads through France on the pilgrimage to Santiago, which Christian pilgrims have been following since the twelfth century

Provides insight into the culture and society of the Chagga people

In words and images That Strange Necessity offers visions of Portmeirion, a place created in the twentieth century by a visionary architect, but which now seems timeless in its beauty, endlessly fascinating, and inspiring to all who visit it.

Foosball book for young adults

It is a meditation on nature, on ways of seeing, on the naming of things and why we feel so compelled to label. It is a story of friendships and camaraderie. But most of all it embraces and enfolds one into the curious and eye-opening world of the birdwatcher. For birdwatchers, twitchers, bird lovers, and about-to-become birdwatchers everywhere.

New biography of the great polar explorer reveals a new side to Sir Ernest Shackleton

Presents an exploration of the links between wine, in terms of taste and effect, and the human mind. Looking at issues of taste, appreciation and intoxication, this collection analyses the role wine has played in philosophy and how philosophy may enable us to enjoy wine more fully.

In this work, Martin Garrett explores the buildings and streets of Cambridge, revealing the literature, history and personalities of this culturally rich city.

The Spanish Civil War still captures the popular imagination, but this is the first guidebook to put the conflict at the centre of its guide to Madrid

A cultural history of the Scottish Highlands

A critical edition of Edward Thomas' 1903 account of Oxford.

Recreates the retreat from southern Belgium to the Marne during the opening month of the Great War

Witty and engaging biography of James Sadler, the first Englishman to fly - in 1784, he rose approximately 3,600 feet over Oxford in a self-built balloon powered by hydrogen

First English translation of the diaries of John Castle's journey to the Kazakh steppe in 1736. Rich ethnographic writing offers insight into the political unrest of the Russian Empire, hidden practices such as exorcism, and the role of Islam in eighteenth-century Kazakhstan.