Oxford (Morris Jan)(Paperback)

Oxford (Morris Jan)(Paperback)

Jan Morris has given us a brilliant and thoroughly enjoyable exploration the history, architecture, geography, and culture of one of England's most historic, beautiful, enigmatic and visited cities - Oxford. This is the perfect guide for local historians, visitors to the city, and prospective

Trieste (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Pax Britannica (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

The second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and

Conundrum (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

As one of Britain's best and most-loved travel writers, Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. On first publication in 1974, the book generated enormous interest around the world, and was chosen by The Times as one of the '100 Key Books of Our

Ariel: Jan Morris, a Literary Life (Johns Derek)(Paperback)

Jan Morris is one of the great British writers of the post-war era. Soldier, journalist, writer about places (rather than 'travel writer'), elegist of the British Empire, novelist, she has fashioned a distinctive prose style that is elegant, fastidious, supple, and sometimes gloriously gaudy. For

Hav (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

But Morris's visit ends in flight when an unidentified enemy arrives to seize control. When Jan Morris returns to Hav, some twenty years later, she finds that her account of her earlier visit is banned - and discovers a place that has rebuilt itself, transformed by a new energy and now dominated

The Oxford Handbook of Project Management (Morris Peter W. G.)(Paperback)

The Oxford Handbook of Project Management presents and discusses leading ideas in the management of projects. Positioning project management as a domain much broader and more strategic than simply 'execution management', this Handbook draws on the insights of over 40 scholars to chart the

Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 6:: Pride and Prejudice (Austen Jane)(Paperback / softback)

Thinking Again (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Necrophilia is not one of my failings, but I do like graveyards and memorial stones and such... Following the publication In My Mind's Eye, her acclaimed first volume of diaries, a Radio 4 Book of the Week in 2018, Jan Morris continued to write her daily

Coronation Everest (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Offers an intimate evocation of the famous of all mountaineering exploits and the old-fashioned Fleet Street

Calamity Jane (Morris)(Paperback)

Lucky Luke, with worldwide sales of over 200 million, is now available in the United Kingdom. With drawings by the award-winning Morris, the books follow the adventures of a Wild West

Venice (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's

Venetian Empire - A Sea Voyage (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice

Moving on: And Other Zimbabwean Stories (Morris Jane)(Paperback)

Moving On bristles with the talent of writers from Zimbabwe. This collection brings together twenty of Zimbabwe's finest storytellers, from within the country and without. Many of the characters in this anthology are themselves moving on: from the chains of the past, from the loss of loved ones,

Llanilltud: The Story of a Celtic Christian Community (Morris Philip)(Paperback)

Not Oxford, not Cambridge, but Llantwit Major (Llanilltud Fawr in Welsh) in south Wales is probably Britain's oldest center of learning. Scholars of church history have called it 'the Christian axis of the Celtic-speaking peoples' and 'the University of the Atlantic of the Celtic period', and the

Fisher's Face (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. This book offer an evocation that is both biography and a love letter, an expression of the author's passionate interest in mavericks and outsiders, in travel, ships and the glorious pageantry

Farewell the Trumpets (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Greatest Stories: Oxford Level 18: Grimm (Davidson Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Four of Grimm's fairy tales, full of transformations, spells and enchantments, are gorgeously illustrated and retold. TreeTops Greatest Stories is a series of timeless classics for children aged 711. Its much-loved stories, beautiful artwork and careful levelling make it easy to select books that

The Life of Rebecca Jones (Price Angharad)(Paperback)

'The most fascinating and wonderful book' JAN MORRIS'A restrained, lyrical tour de force' OWEN SHEERSIn the early years of the last century, Rebecca is born into a rural community in the Maesglasau valley in Wales; her family have been working the land for a thousand years, but the changes brought

Europe - An Intimate Journey (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Europe has been widely acclaimed as among the finest achievements of 'one of our greatest living writers' (The Times). A personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, this is Jan Morris at her best - at once magisterial and particular, whimsical and profound. It is a matchless

Spain (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Nothing is more compelling than the drama, at once dark and dazzling, of that theatre over the hills - the vast splendour of the Spanish landscape, the intensity of Spain's pride and misery, the adventurous glory of a history that set its seal upon half the world

In My Mind's Eye - A Thought Diary (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

A treat for fans of Alan Bennett's diaries and the works of Bill Bryson and Diana

Heaven's Command (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The author evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar plantations, as she traces the impact of

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere (Morris Jan)(Paperback)

A book for lovers of all things Italian -- an homage to the city of Trieste. This history-drenched city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as a touchstone for her