September 2012

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Title \| Price	Date	Subject	Type	Imprint
A Companion to Gabriel Garcia Marquez Raymond Leslie Williams One of the major Latin American writers of the twentieth century. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £17.99 \| US $29.95	Apr 2013	Hispanic Studies	Academic	Tamesis Books
Britten: The Musical Character and Other Writings (hardback) Hans Keller Edited by Christopher Wintle A selection of Hans Keller's writings on Benjamin Britten including previously unseen correspondence and reprints of long unavailable writings. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £40.00 \| US $70.00 \| Also available in paperback	Apr 2013	Music	Academic	Plumbago Books
By-Elections in British Politics, 1832-1914 Edited by T.G. Otte & Paul Readman Explores the many issues surrounding by-elections in the period which saw the extension of the franchise, the introduction of the ballot, and the demise of most dual member constituencies. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £75.00 \| US $130.00	Apr 2013	Modern History	Academic	Boydell Press
Christians and Jews in Angevin England The York Massacre 1190, Narratives and Contexts Edited Sarah Rees Jones & Sethina Watson The shocking massacre of the Jews in York, 1190, is here re-examined in its historical context. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $90.00	Apr 2013	Medieval History	Academic	York Medieval Press
Designs Upon the Land (paperback) Elite Landscapes of the Middle Ages Oliver H. Creighton A wide-ranging and accessibly written account of designed medieval landscapes. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £17.99 \| US $29.95	Apr 2013	Medieval History	Paperback	Boydell Press
English Medieval Misericords (paperback) The Margins of Meaning Paul Hardwick A comprehensive survey of the intriguing misericord carvings, setting them in their religious context and looking at their different themes and motifs. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $34.95	Apr 2013	Art Architecture & Photography	Paperback	Boydell Press
First and Lasting Impressions Julius Rudel Looks Back on a Life in Music Julius Rudel & Rebecca Paller The long-awaited memoir of Julius Rudel, the legendary opera conductor and arts administrator, gives insight into his ground-breaking repertory choices and his collaborations with Beverly Sills, Plácido Domingo, and others. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £30.00 \| US $49.95	Mar 2013	Music	Academic	University of Rochester Press
French Arthurian Literature V: The Lay of Mantel Edited by Glyn S. Burgess & Leslie C. Brook Text with facing translation of an undeservedly neglected, humorous French lay, in which the women of Arthur's court have their virtue challenged by a magic mantle. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	Feb 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	D.S. Brewer
The Historia Iherosolimitana of Robert the Monk Edited by D. Kempf & M. G. Bull First modern critical edition of one of the most important and popular texts on the Crusades to survive. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	Apr 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	Boydell Press
Honour, Exchange and Violence in Beowulf Peter S. Baker Argues for a new reading of Beowulf in its contemporary context, where honour and violence are intimately linked. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	Apr 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	D.S. Brewer
Life After Death: The Viola da Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch Peter Holman New research throws light on the history of the viol after Purcell, including its revival in the late eighteenth century through Charles Frederick Abel. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $34.95	Apr 2013	Music	Paperback	Boydell Press
The Medieval Cook Bridget Ann Henisch The figure of the medieval cook revealed, in the context of time and circumstance. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £14.99 \| US $24.95	Apr 2013	Medieval History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Music Behind Barbed Wire A Diary of Summer 1940 Hans Gál The internment diary of Austrian composer Hans Gál (1890-1987) with a biographical study of his life and career. Includes a CD of first recordings of three of his works from the period. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £40.00 \| US $70.00	Nov 2012	Music	Academic	Toccata Press
The Nobility and Ecclesiastical Patronage in Later Thirteenth-Century England Elizabeth Gemmill A detailed examination of the patronage rights exerted over the church by the nobility, illuminating the complex network of relationships between them, the Church, and the clergy. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	Apr 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press
Reimagining History in Anglo-Norman Prose Chronicles John Spence First collective study of the Anglo-Norman prose chronicles, bringing out their essential characteristics, setting them in context, and showing their writers' aims and objectives. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $95.00	Apr 2013	Medieval Literature	Academic	York Medieval Press
Thirteenth Century England XIV Proceedings of the Aberystwyth and Lampeter Conference, 2011 Edited by Janet Burton, Phillipp Schofield & Bjorn Weiler Fruits of the most recent research on the thirteenth century in both England and Europe. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £70.00 \| US $120.00	Apr 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press
The Transformation of the Irish Church in the Twelfth Century Marie Therese Flanagan First extended study of the ways in which the Irish church changed radically in the twelfth century in response to reform movements from Europe. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £25.00 \| US $45.00	Apr 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press
Trees in Anglo-Saxon England Literature, Lore and Landscape A powerful exploration of trees in both the real and the imagined Anglo-Saxon landscape. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	Apr 2013	Medieval History	Paperback	Boydell Press