| Architecture |
KAMEN (HENRY) The Escorial: Art and Power in the Renaissance A celebration of Philip II’s sombre yet magnificent monastic palace (£25) [ref: 12383]
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OSSMAN (LAURIE) Great Houses of the South Southern architectural belles dating from 1700 to 1940, superbly illustrated (£37.5) [ref: 12377]
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SAUNDERS (MATTHEW) Saving Churches: Friends of Friendless Churches Fantastic photographs of the 38 buildings - enough to make one visit (£16.99) [ref: 12381]
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STAFFORD-DEITSCH (JEREMY) Kingdoms of Ruin The glories of Anatolia, both familiar and obscure (£29.95) [ref: 12384]
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STAMP (GAVIN) Lost Victorian Britain Photographs of buildings both lofty and low which are now no more (£25) [ref: 12380]
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TYACK (GEOFFREY) Buildings of England: Berkshire (Rev. edn) Follows the old county boundaries of pre-1974 (£35) [ref: 12386]
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| Art |
GALASSI (PETER) Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Modern Century Published to coincide with the MOMA exhibition, with 300 photographs (£55) [ref: 12376]
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GERE (CHARLOTTE) Artistic Circles How the art movement of Rosetti et al influenced the domestic sphere (£30) [ref: 12385]
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HART-DAVIS (DUFF) Philip de Laszlo: his Life and Art First biography of the portraitist since 1939 (£30) [ref: 12382]
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MCCONKEY (KENNETH) John Lavery: a Painter and his World Leading light of the Glasgow School, society painter and Royal Academician (£25) [ref: 12378]
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| Biography |
BAXANDALL (MICHAEL) Episodes: a Memory Book Unpublished at his death, a memoir full of dry wit and observations (£14.99) [ref: 12348]
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BOWKER (GORDON) James Joyce Draws on new material unavailable to Richard Ellmann (£25) [ref: 12356]
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DOWNER (MARTIN) The Sultan of Zanzibar: A biography of the author of the Dreadnought Hoax. (£16.99) [ref: 12343]
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GROVE (VALERIE) So Much to Tell: a life of Kaye Webb Children’s book editor and Queen of the Puffin Club (£18.99) [ref: 12351]
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JEBB (MILES) Patrick Shaw Stewart: Friend of Brooke, Asquith and Grenfell - a life cut short by the Great War (£17.99) [ref: 12350]
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JOHNSON (PAUL) Brief Lives Meetings with remarkable people - harking back to Aubrey’s classic (£20) [ref: 12355]
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MELVIN (MUNGO) Manstein: Highlights the tensions between the Military and their political leaders (£30) [ref: 12345]
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SACKVILLE-WEST (ROBERT) Inheritance: Knole and its colourful inhabitants, its treasures and its clutter (£20) [ref: 12344]
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SATTIN (ANTHONY) A Winter on the Nile Unaware, Florence Nightinglae and Flaubert share an Egyptian journey (£20) [ref: 12353]
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SEAL (MARK) Wildflower: Story of the naturalist, filmmaker & Kenyan conservationist Joan Root (£14.99) [ref: 12349]
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SMITH (DAVID JAMES) Young Mandela Life of Nelson Mandela prior to his 27-year imprisonment (£18.99) [ref: 12357]
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SPICER (PAUL) The Temptress: The solution to the mystery of the Earl of Erroll’s murder in Happy Valley? (£14.99) [ref: 12347]
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SUDJIC (DEYAN) Norman Foster His life and impact on contemporary architecture (£20) [ref: 12354]
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TELFER (KEVIN) Peter Pan’s First XI J. M. Barrie and the cricketers that never grew up (£16.99) [ref: 12352]
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THOMAS-SYMONDS (NICKLAUS) Attlee: a Life in Politics A vivid portrait of his achievements and his rejection by the electorate (£25) [ref: 12358]
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| Cookery |
HILDEBRAND (CAZ) & KENNEDY (JACOB) The Geometry of Pasta How each shape evolved to compliment the ingredients (£14.99) [ref: 12406]
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OTTOLENGHI (YOTEM) Plenty More delicious recipes from the Turkish chef, including those from ‘The Guardian’ (£25) [ref: 12403]
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SEGNIT (NIKI) The Flavour Thesaurus The ultimate flavour-pairing manual (£18.99) [ref: 12408]
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STEEL (FLORA ANNIE) & GARDINER (GRACE) Complete Indian Housekeeper & Cook First published in 1888; practical advice for young memsahibs (£12.99) [ref: 12404]
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| Fiction |
CAMILLIERI (ANDREA) Wings of the Sphinx Inspector Montalbano solves another crime (£14.99) [ref: 12398]
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COTTERILL (COLIN) Love Songs from a Shallow Grave The seventh mystery for Dr. Siri Paiborn (£16.99) [ref: 12390]
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DUNMORE (HELEN) The Betrayal Love and survival in post-war Soviet Russia (£18.99) [ref: 12387]
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FURST (ALAN) The Spies of the Balkans Furst moves his latest spy thriller to the Balkans (£18.99) [ref: 12399]
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GRENVILLE-GREY (WILFRED) Eighty Marker Buoys for an Eightieth Birthday A selection from his commonplace book (£5) [ref: 12393]
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NEMIROVSKY (IRENE) Dimanche and Other Stories (PB) First published between 1934-41, now newly translated into English (£12) [ref: 12388]
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NEWTON (WILLIAM) The Mistress of Abha An evocative journey of love and adventure set in 1930s Arabia (£16.99) [ref: 12389]
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O’FARRELL (MAGGIE) The Hand that First Held Mine Story of love & motherhood (£16.99) [ref: 12391]
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READ (PIERS PAUL) The Misogynist Superb, moving novel of love & loss set in contemporary West London (£16.99) [ref: 12400]
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SOLOMONS (NATASHA) Mr. Rosenblum’s List Jack Rosenblum’s quest to become the archetypal Englishman (£12.99) [ref: 12392]
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TUROW (SCOTT) Innocent The long awaited sequel to ‘Presumed Innocent’ (£17.99) [ref: 12397]
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WODEHOUSE (PG) A Pelican At Blandings Tenth in the Blandings series (£10.99) [ref: 12395]
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WODEHOUSE (PG) A Prefect’s Uncle The arrival of Farnie causes disruption at Beckford College (£10.99) [ref: 12394]
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| Gardening |
HOLLANDER (JULIA) Chicken Coops for the Soul Hen husbandry for the beginner and expert alike (£12.99) [ref: 12405]
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HORWOOD (CATHERINE) Gardening Women Their influence on the style, content and change in attitudes to gardening (£17.99) [ref: 12407]
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MACDONALD-SMITH (IAN) Arts and Crafts Master M.H. Baillie Scott’s innovative and beautiful houses and gardens (£35) [ref: 12379]
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| History |
BLAKEWAY (DENYS) The Last Dance: 1936, the Year of Change Portrait of an extraordinary year, told through the journals of people from all walks of life (£25) [ref: 12361]
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BURLEIGH (MICHAEL) Moral Combat: A History of World War II Moral reasoning, choices and their impact on the War (£30) [ref: 12360]
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FORT (TOM) Against the Flow The author returns to Eastern Europe after 20 years and gauges the changes (£14.99) [ref: 12363]
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FOULKES (NICK) Gentlemen and Blackguards ‘Gambling Mania and the Plot to Steal the Derby of 1844’ (£18.99) [ref: 12368]
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HOLLAND (JAMES) Battle of Britain: Five Months that Changed History Draws on extensive new research from around the world (£25) [ref: 12370]
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MACKINTOSH-SMITH (TIM) Worlds Beyond the Wind: On the Edge of Islam... Further travels in pursuit of the fourteenth-century traveller Ibn Battuta (£20) [ref: 12373]
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MASSIE (ALLAN) The Royal Stuarts Portrait of one of the most controversial royal dynasties (£20) [ref: 12367]
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MCKAY (SINCLAIR) The Secret Life of Bletchley Park History of the code breaking centre by the men and women who were there (£20) [ref: 12365]
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MORETON (COLE) Is God Still an Englishman? Our constantly evolving spirituality and its importance in our lives (£20) [ref: 12362]
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MOUNT (FERDINAND) Full Circle: How the Classical World Came Back to Us How our lives today are astonishingly similar to those of the Greeks & Romans (£20) [ref: 12371]
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PALMER (RICHARD) & (BROWN) MICHELLE Lambeth Palace Library Treasures from the Collections of the Archbishops of Canterbury (£35) [ref: 12375]
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PRICE (SIMON) & THONEMANN (PETER) The Birth of Classical Europe How we still live in the shadow of the Classical World (£30) [ref: 12369]
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ROBB (GRAHAM) Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris Part history, part travel guide, from the author of ‘The Discovery of France’ (£18.99) [ref: 12359]
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TURNER (BARRY) Outpost of Occupation Draws on newly released documents from the National Archive relating to the Channel Islands (£20) [ref: 12372]
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WILKINSON (TOBY) The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt An accessible history of the of the greatest and most successful civilizations (£25) [ref: 12374]
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WOLF (HUBERT) Pope and Devil: Vatican Archives & the Third Reich Material from the newly opened Vatican archives illuminating the period (£22.95) [ref: 12415]
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WORSLEY (LUCY) Courtiers: Secret History of Kensington Palace Fascinating insight into a world of scandal and intrigue (£20) [ref: 12364]
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| Literature |
GROSS (JOHN) Oxford Book of Parodies From classics of the genre to modern pastiche (£16.99) [ref: 12396]
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| Natural History |
MABEY (RICHARD) The Barley Bird An elegy to Suffolk and its nightingales (£20) [ref: 12402]
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PORTER (VALERIE) Beautiful Cows Bovine beauties from the Aberdeen Angus to the White Galloway (£12.99) [ref: 12409]
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| Poetry |
HEANEY (SEAMUS) Human Chain The poet’s thirteenth collection is largely devoted to the human condition (£12.99) [ref: 12401]
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| Travel |
MAITLAND (ALEX) Wilfred Thesiger in Africa A series of essays accompany the great traveller’s own photographs of Africa (£25) [ref: 12346]
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