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The Babees Book: Early English Meals and Manners (paperback edition)
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

Bach and the Pedal Clavichord
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
An examination of the role of the pedal clavichord in understanding the work of J. S. Bach, as well as its relevance to contemporary organ performances.

Bach Sources in America
A portrait of the composer from his various manuscripts.

Bach's Changing World:
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Bach's Changing World is a study of popular culture in the community in which Bach spent the last, the longest, and the most productive part of his life: the Leipzig middle-class.

The Bailiffs' Minute Book of Dunwich, 1404-1430
Series: Suffolk Records Society
An important 15th century source throws light on the organisation of what was one of medieval England's wealthiest ports.

Balliol Oxford Deeds
Series: Oxford Historical Society First Series

Barbour's Bruce
Series: Scottish Text Society Fourth Series

Barlam and Iosaphat
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

Basic and Applied High Pressure Biology
Papers on high pressure biology, now making important advances in biological and medical industries, including food.

The Battle for Palestine 1917
The story of Allied victory in the Holy Land, far from the carnage of the Western Front but a crucial, morale-boosting success under the aggressive but forward-thinking General Allenby.

The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations
Series: Warfare in History
Latest title, destined to be the Agincourt sourcebook for years to come, in the Warfare in History: Sources and Interpretations series.

The Battle of Crécy, 1346 (paperback edition)
Series: Warfare in History
First ever large-scale study of Crécy and its context, bringing out its true importance in English and French history.

The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302)
Series: Warfare in History
Flemish townspeople defeat the cream of French nobility, and explode the myth of knightly invincibility for ever. Discussion of bias in sources and difficulties of interpretation preface careful account of what actually happened during the three-hour battle.

The Battle of Hastings
Series: Warfare in History
Primary sources document the major stages of one of the most significant battles in European history.

The Battle of Hastings (paperback edition)
Series: Warfare in History
A unique collection of materials focused on one of the most significant battles in European history.

The Battle of Yorktown, 1781: A Reassessment
Series: Warfare in History
An accessible and authoritative account of the battle of Yorktown (1781), the last major battle in the American War of Independence, where an outnumbered British Army surrendered to American forces under George Washington and their French allies.

Bax
Completely revised and updated from recently discovered archive material, Lewis Foreman's classic biography is the essential handbook to Bax and his contemporaries.

The Bayeux Tapestry
A leading authority on the Bayeux Tapestry examines the work "frame by frame" in this profusely illustrated and annotated volume.

The Bayeux Tapestry on CD-Rom (Individual Licence)
Series: Scholarly Digital Editions
Full magnifiable images of the tapestry, translations of inscriptions and full commentary. Also includes reproductions of facsimiles, plus full texts of sixteen primary sources.

The Bayeux Tapestry on CD-Rom (Institutional Licence)
Series: Scholarly Digital Editions
CD-Rom of the famous Tapestry. View scenes from the entire work, withtranslations of inscriptions and full commentary. Also includes reproductions of facsimiles, plus full texts of sixteen primary sources.

Be Domes Daege, De Die Judicii
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

Bedford Moravian Church - Out of print

Bedfordshire Chapels and Meeting Houses: Official Registration 1672-1901
Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Bedfordshire Churches in the Nineteenth Century
Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Bedfordshire Churches in the Nineteenth Century II
Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Bedfordshire Churches in the Nineteenth Century III
Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Bedfordshire Churches in the Nineteenth Century
Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Bedfordshire Churches in the Nineteenth Century
Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Bedfordshire Historical Miscellany - Out of print

Bedfordshire Muster Lists - Out of print


Bedfordshire Wills 1484-1533
Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc

Beethoven: The Sonatas for Piano and Violin
A rich survey of all Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano.

Beethoven: The Sonatas for Piano and Violin (paperback edition)
A rich survey of all Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano.

Beethoven's Century
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Essays by the noted authority on nineteenth-century music, the topics ranging from Beethoven and Schubert to comic opera to Scriabin and Janácek.

The Beginning of Women's Ministry
Series: Church of England Record Society
Extracts from journals, diaries and official guidelines give a full picture of the role of the Victorian Deaconness.

The Beginnings of German Literature
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
A study of the breakthrough of the Germanic vernacular dialects into the realm of written language between the eighth and tenth centuries.

Being There
Being There is a collection of photographic portraits of, and interviews with, NYU medical students who volunteered in the New York City Medical Examiner's morgue following 9/11. Dr. Barry Goldstein, who was the Master Scholars Artist-in-Residence during the 2001-2002 academic year, took the photos and conducted the interviews. The volume includes a foreword by Charles Hirsch M.D., the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, who ran the massive effort to identify remains.

Ben Enwonwu
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
An intellectual biography of a modern African artist and his immense contribution to twentieth-century art history.

The Benedictionals of Freising
Series: Henry Bradshaw Society

Benjamin Constant - Out of print

Benjamin Disraeli in Spain, Malta and Albania, 1830-32
Series: Monografías A

Benjamin Worsley (1618-1677)
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
Explores the life and career of the extraordinary polymath Benjamin Worsley - one of the most fascinating figures of a revolutionary age.

Beowulf and the Dragon: Parallels and Analogues
This first comprehensive study of the dragon-fight in Old English and related literatures casts fresh light on Beowulf's last battle.

Beowulf
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

Berlioz's Semi-Operas
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
A full-length study of two of Berlioz's most unique works, which combine the highest goals of both symphony and opera and incorporate two of the greatest classics of Western literature into a total fusion of the arts.

Berlioz: Past, Present, Future
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
A collection of essays commemorating Hector Berlioz's life and work on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Berlioz: Scenes from the Life and Work
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
New studies of the great French composer by Jacques Barzun, David Cairns, Joël-Marie Fauquet, Hugh Macdonald, Julian Rushton, and other prominent experts.

Bernardus De Cura Rei Famuliaris with some early Scottish Prophecies
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

Bertie of Thame
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History

Bertolt Brecht's Dramatic Theory
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Detailed analysis of Brecht's extensive theoretical writings on the theater, including newly available works.

The Best Years of British Film Music, 1936-1958
A study of the British contribution to film music, detailing the idiosyncracies of British film, and showing how the differences between it and Hollywood affected composers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Bestiary (paperback edition)
A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary.

Between East and West
Series: Rochester Studies in Central Europe
A comparison between Russian and Polish texts of travels to the Orient in the Nineteenth-Century.

Beverley Minster Fasti
Series: Yorkshire Archaeological Soc Record Series

Beyond Atonement
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
19th-century novel of adultery and remorse.

Beyond Contractual Morality
Beyond Contractual Morality looks at current debates over the meaning of liberalism by reexamining their roots in eighteenth-century texts, which demonstrate the historical intertwining of political, legal and moral problems in their extension of social contract theory into various realms of public and private lives. Writers such as Rousseau, Voltaire, Sade, and Montesquieu are discussed.

Beyond The Art of Finger Dexterity
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
The first English-language book on Czerny, and the broadest survey of his activity in any language.

Beyond the Notes (paperback edition)
We knew from her recordings that Susan Tomes is a superb chamber player; now we know that she's a superb writer too. Michael Church, INDEPENDENT
In this widely acclaimed volume, Susan Tomes, a rare example of a leading musician who writes about the craft of performance, describes her experience of twenty years of rehearsal, concerts and recording.


Bi-Cultural Critical Essays on Shakespeare
Oriental perspective on Shakespearean themes, drawing on Eastern philosophical, religious and ethical traditions.

A Bibliographical Study of the Writings of Joaquín Costa (1846-1911)
Series: Monografías A

Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Oxfordshire (excluding the University and City of Oxford)
Series: Oxford Historical Society Second Series

A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Oxfordshire (excluding the University and City of Oxford); Supplementary Volume (to second series, no 11, 1949-50)
Series: Oxford Historical Society Second Series

Bibliographia Kleschiana
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Bibliography, with introduction, of the literary works of two generations of the Klesch family: writers, preachers, poets and scholars.

A Bibliography of Printed Items Relating to the City of Lincoln
Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record Society
Supplementary to material contained in Corns'Bibliotheca Lincolniensis (1904).

A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana (1500-2000)
Annotated bibliography of the Arthurian legend in modern English-language fiction, not only in literary texts, but in television, music, and art.

A Bibliography of Norfolk History to 1978

A Bibliography of Westminster Abbey
Series: Westminster Abbey Record Series
First bibliography of all printed material concerned with Westminster Abbey, from parliamentary papers to guide books.

Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to the City of Oxford
Series: Oxford Historical Society Second Series

Bibliotheca Cinegetica Hispanica: Suplemento 1
Series: Research Bibliographies and Checklists: new series
Bibliographical survey of medieval and Golden Age hunting literature of the Iberian Peninsula.

Bibliotheca cinegetica hispanica
Series: Research Bibliographies and Checklists

Bibliotheca Historica I - Out of print

The Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus Siculus translated by John Skelton vol I (paperback edition)
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

The Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus Siculus II translated by John Skelton vol II introduction notes and glossary
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century
Study of one of the most influential aristocratic families of medieval England.

Biofictions
Series: European Studies in American Literature and Culture
A pioneering collection of articles on fictionalized biographies of the Romantics in contemporary fiction and drama.

The Biopsychosocial Approach: Past, Present, Future
According to the biopsychosocial model, developed by the late Dr. George Engel, how physicians approach patients and the problems they present is very much influenced by conceptual models of which they are often unaware. Taking into consideration the attributes of the patient as a person (including biological, psychological and sociological aspects) provides for a better model of health care than does the existing biomedical model.

The Birds in Langfoot's Belfry
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
First English translation of an exotic novel by Paul Zech.

Birgitta of Sweden and the Voice of Prophecy
Series: Studies in Medieval Mysticism
Birgitta's religious authority considered, with regard to her prophetic mission and her authenticity as a medium of divine revelation in 14c Europe.

The Birth of Military Aviation: Britain, 1903-1914
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
A survey of the development of British military aviation from 1903 to 1914, revealing the consequences of its annexation by the state as a branch of armaments as an underlying cause of aircraft inadequacies on the outbreak of war.

Bishop Aethelwold (paperback edition)
[This] exemplary interdisciplinary approach to Aethelwold and his impart on the cultural, religious and political life of southern England in his own day is to be applauded. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

Bishop Hatfield's Survey, A Record of the Possessions of the See of Durham, Made by Order of Thomas de Hatfield, Bishop of Durham. With an Appendix of Original Documents, and a Glossary.
Series: Publications of the Surtees Society

The Bishopric of Durham in the Late Middle Ages
Series: Regions and Regionalism in History
New study sets the medieval palatinate of Durham firmly in the context of a community built round the cult of St Cuthbert.

Bishops and Reform in the English Church, 1520-1559
Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History
The role of bishops in the process of Reformation in the 16th century, studied from their surviving writings and contemporary discussion.

Black Business and Economic Power
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
The first collection on historical and contemporary black business in Africa and the African diaspora in America, with contributors from a wide perspective of disciplines.

The Black Death 1346-1353: The Complete History (paperback edition)
The first paperback edition of this unique and shocking guide to the Black Death in Europe.

The Black Death 1346-1353: The Complete History
New research, drawing on records from across Europe, throws light on the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality, and its impact on history.

Blickling Homilies
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

Blythburgh Priory Cartulary Part One
Series: Suffolk Charters
Cartulary of one of the earliest houses of Augustian canons to be established in the diocese of Norwich.

Blythburgh Priory Cartulary Part Two
Series: Suffolk Charters

The Boarstall Cartulary
Series: Oxford Historical Society First Series

The Bobbio Missal
Series: Henry Bradshaw Society

The Bodley Version of Mandeville's Travels
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

The Body and Eucharistic Devotion in Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg's 'Meditations'
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
New study of the writings of Catharina von Greiffenberg, the German Baroque religious author.

The Body and the Soul in Medieval Literature
Series: J.A.W.Bennett Memorial Lectures
The theme of the `body and soul' relationship in medieval texts and modern reworkings.

Boethius: De Consolatione Philosophiae
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

The Bolton Priory Compotus 1286-1325
Series: Yorkshire Archaeological Soc Record Series
Accounts of modest northern Augustinian priory offer insight into the material side of monastic life.

Bolton Priory Rentals and Ministers' Accounts, 1473-1539
Series: Yorkshire Archaeological Soc Record Series

The Book of the Foundation of St Bartholomew's Church in London
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

Book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

The Book of Knighthood and Chivalry
The most influential chivalric handbook of the middle ages.

The Book of Lancelot
Series: Arthurian Studies
First full-length study in English of the Middle Dutch Lancelot-Compilation, of great significance for Arthurian studies.

The Book of Llandaf and the Norman Church in Wales
Series: Studies in Celtic History
The post-Norman ecclesiastical and political transformation of south-east Wales, recorded in early C12 manuscript.

The Book of Margery Kempe: Annotated Edition
Fully-annotated edition of English mystic Margery Kempe's life and divine revelations [dated 1436-8]. [This edition previously published by Longman.]

The Book of Margery Kempe vol I Text
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

The Book of Margery Kempe
Series: Library of Medieval Women
Margery Kempe's text draws on her maternal, female body to illuminate her relationship to the divine.

Book of Quinte Essence Sloane MS 73
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

The Book of Sent Soví
Series: Textos B
The oldest Catalan cookery book.

The Book of the Knight of the Tower translated by William Caxton
Series: Early English Text Society Supplementary Series

Book of the Ordre of Chyualry
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

Book of Vices and Virtues
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

Borges y la Nada
Series: Monografías A

Boston Assembly Minutes, 1545-1575
Series: Publications of the Lincoln Record Society
The first thirty years of the first minute book of the Boston Assembly.

Boult on Music

Boundaries in Medieval Romance
Series: Studies in Medieval Romance
A wide-ranging collection on one of the most interesting features of medieval romance.

The Bousfield Diaries
Series: Publications Bedfordshire Hist Rec Soc
Diaries of a Victorian wife and mother, active in local society, paint a fascinating picture of provincial life at the time.

The Bovine Scourge
Investigation of the complex issues surrounding the links between bovine tuberculosis and infected meat - with a contemporary resonance in the BSE scare.

Boxford Churchwardens' Accounts 1530-1561
Series: Suffolk Records Society
A clear view of the impact of the Reformation at parish level.

Bradford Poor Law Union
Series: Yorkshire Archaeological Soc Record Series
The raw materials relating to the changes from the 'old' to the 'new' poor law system in one of the fastest growing urban centres in England.

Brethren in Adversity
Series: Church of England Record Society
Travel `diaries' of Bishop George Bell from 1933 to 1939 provide insights into the crisis of German Protestantism in those years.

Bridges, Law and Power in Medieval England, 700-1400
A study of the financing, maintenance and construction of medieval bridges uncovers much about law and power at the time.

Brief Lives
Series: First Person Singular
Full edition in modern spelling of Aubrey's racy portraits of great figures of 16-17c England, from Sir Walter Raleigh to John Milton.

A Briefe Introduction to the Skill of Song, c. 1587
Series: Classic Texts in Music Education
A facsimile of Bathe's work, the first musical text book to appear in the English language, describes musical methods old and new and will be of great interest to musicologists and players of early music.

Britain and Palestine SiH43 - Out of print

Britain and the Papacy in the Age of Revolution, 1846-1851
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
Britain's support for constitutional government in Italy and anxieties about the Irish Catholic Church brought Britain and the Papacy briefly together.

Britain, Greece and the Politics of Sanctions
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History

Britain, Hanover and the Protestant Interest, 1688-1756
Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History
A new examination of the links between religion and politics in the early eighteenth century, showing how the defence of protestantism became a major plank in foreign policy.

Britannia's Glories
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
`The War of Jenkins Ear' examined for the first time in a full-length study, looking at the vitality of popular politics and the inner workings of Parliament during the time.

The British and their Laws in the Eighteenth Century
New analysis and interpretation of law and legal institutions in the `long eighteenth century'.

British Basket-Hilted Swords
Descriptive catalogue with typology of a British sword-type with a 500-year history.

The British Delegation and the Synod of Dort (1618-19)
Series: Church of England Record Society
Edition of documents - many never previously published - shedding new light on the role played by the British delegates at the Synod of Dort.

The British Naval Staff in the First World War
Reassesses the role of the British Naval Staff during the First World War, challenging many widely-held views, and casting much new light on controversial issues and individuals.

The British Navy and the State in the Eighteenth Century
The Navy in the eighteenth century, though successful, was costly. Its funding and maintenance made those responsible for it politically vulnerable.

The British Piano Sonata, 1870-1945
The first book on the subject, covering influences, key works, and reception history.

British Spies and Irish Rebels
Series: History of British Intelligence
The turbulent history of English/Irish intelligence reinterpreted, using documents now available for the first time.

British Supporters of the American Revolution, 1775-1783

Britons in Anglo-Saxon England
Series: Pubns Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies
The question of the British presence in Anglo-Saxon England readdressed by archaeologists, historians, linguists, and place-name specialists.

Britten and Auden in the Thirties: The Year 1936 (paperback edition)
Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music
A crucial year in the Britten/Auden relationship, which reshaped and redefined artistic direction in the immediate pre-war period.

Britten and the Far East (paperback edition)
Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music
Investigation into the influence of Eastern music on Britten's composition.

Britten's Gloriana Essays and Sources
Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music
Tells you everything you need to know about Gloriana. RODNEY MILNES, RECORD REVIEW

"The Broadway Sound"
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
The previously unpublished autobiography and additional essays by the orchestrator-composer of some of America's most important musical theatre productions.

"The Broadway Sound" (paperback edition)
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
The previously unpublished autobiography and additional essays by the orchestrator-composer of some of America's most important musical theatre productions.

Brother Hermann's 'Life of the Countess Yolanda of Vianden' [Leben der Graefen Iolande von Vianden]
Series: Medieval Texts & Translations
First translation into English of the medieval German Leben der Graefen Iolanda, making it accessible to a wider audience.

Brotherhood of Canons Serving God [A English Secular Cathedrals in the Later Middle Ages
Series: Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
A study of the lives of cathedral clergy in the middle ages.

The Bruce by John Barbour vols I and IV
Series: Early English Text Society Extra Series

The Bruce by John Barbour vols II and III (paperback edition)
Series: Early English Text Society Extra Series

Brunetto Latini
Series: Research Bibliographies and Checklists

The Brus Family in England and Scotland, 1100-1295
Survey of the activities of one of the most important cross-Border families, the ancestors of Robert the Bruce.

Brut Vol I
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series

The Buccaneer Explorer
Dampier's observations and descriptions are as valid today as they were in the 17th century and this book is to be commended to anyone who is interested in the great early voyages of exploration. THE REVIEW

The Buchenwald Child
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
The dramatic story of a Jewish child's rescue at Buchenwald and its use as propaganda in both East and united Germany.

The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour by Sir Gilbert Hay
Series: Scottish Text Society Fourth Series

The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour by Sir Gilbert Hay
Series: Scottish Text Society Fourth Series

The Buke of the Chess
Series: Scottish Text Society Fourth Series

The Burden of the Past
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
English translation, analysis, and contextualization of Walser's notorious but little-examined Peace-Prize speech and related writings.

Burke's Great War Peerage
Series: Burke's Peerage

Burke's Landed Gentry [Fifth Edition]
Series: Burke's Landed Gentry
The first port of call for those seeking information on the Irish aristocracy.

Burke's Landed Gentry
Series: Burke's Landed Gentry
The compendium of key people in Yorkshire and an invaluable source of reference.

Burke's Landed Gentry
Series: Burke's Landed Gentry
The compendium of key people in Wales and the North West.

Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage
The 107th edition of Burke's Peerage, with around 4,500 pages, is the most comprehensive genealogical study published of the British aristocracy and the essential source of reference for this subject.

The Bury Bible
One of the great monuments of Romanesque art, the bible was produced at the abbey of Bury St Edmunds in about 1135. The facsimile, at just under full size, affords the opportunity to appreciate one of the masterpieces of English romanesque painting.

The Bury Bible
A paperbound edition of the illuminations from The Bury Bible, affording an opportunity to appreciate some of the masterpieces of English romanesque art.

Byrhtferth's Enchiridion
Series: Early English Text Society Supplementary Series

Byrthferth's Manual vol I Text, translation, sources, and appendices
Series: Early English Text Society Original Series