The Diary of a Cotswold Parson (Witts Francis)(Paperback)

The Diary of a Cotswold Parson (Witts Francis)(Paperback)

The diary of a Cotswold parson, from 1820 to 1852, throws new light on to a fascinating period of English social history. It was just before the railways made travel faster, and we are astonished how well the Reverend F. E. Witts manages to commute from Upper Slaughter to Gloucester on his horse or

Kilvert's Diary (Kilvert Francis)(Paperback / softback)

Cotswold Way (Richards Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Chosen as the official guide to the Cotswold Way relay race, this book describes the Cotswold Way from the best vantage point - on foot. It also features maps which show the standard way along with the planned official direction changes. It features a cover design from a painting of the Cotswolds

The Cotswold House (Jordan Tim)(Paperback)

The Parson (Kavan Anna)(Paperback)

The Parson was not published in Anna Kavan s lifetime, but found after her death in manuscript form. Thought to have been written between the mid 50s and early 60s, it presages, through its undertones and imagery, some of Kavan s last and most enduring fiction (such as Ice). It was published

A Cotswold Mystery (Tope Rebecca)(Paperback)

Despite the catastrophic outcomes of her previous house-sitting commissions, Thea Osborne, accompanied by her trusty spaniel, Hepzie, is truly convinced nothing can go wrong on her next assignment in the charming village of Blockley. The Montgomerys have asked her to look after their house while

St. Francis of Assisi (Chesterton G. K.)(Paperback)

The patron saint of animals, birds, and the environment, Francis of Assisi led the rediscovery of nature in the Christian West. This magnificent spiritual biography by the phenomenally popular G. K. Chesterton -- a convert to Catholicism -- chronicles the beloved saint's calling, his extraordinary

A Cotswold Killing (Tope Rebecca)(Paperback)

Nestled in the fertile hills of the Cotswolds, the village of Duntisbourne Abbots is a well-kept secret: beautiful, timeless and quintessentially English. When recently widowed Thea Osborne arrives to house-sit for a local couple, her only fear is that three weeks there might prove a little dull

The Cotswold Cottage (Yorke Trevor)(Paperback)

Cotswold Cottages have a warm beauty unequaled in rural Britain. The cottages have a character that has been determined by changes in local industry and farming, as well as by the properties of the building materials used, including the hard, honey-colored, Cotswold stone. Even the details like the

Battles at Thrush Green (Read Miss)(Paperback / softback)

The peace of the Cotswold village of Thrush Green is about to be

Cotswold Way - National Trail Guide (Burton Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

Following the limestone escarpment on the Western edge of the Cotswolds, the 102 miles of the Cotswold Way take the walker through a quintessentially English landscape as varied as it is

The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Pepys Samuel)(Paperback)

Richard Le Gallienne's elegant abridgment of the Diary captures the essential writings of Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), a remarkable man who witnessed the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666. Originally scribbled in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys's quotidian

Introduction to Architecture (Ching Francis D. K.)(Paperback)

A survey of the built environment distills the work of legendary author and illustrator Francis D. K. Ching into a single volume Introduction to Architecture presents the essential texts and drawings of Francis D. K. Ching for those new to architecture and design. With his typical highly graphic

Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code (Ridley Matt)(Paperback)

Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series, Francis Crick is the first biography of the eminent scientist, co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA. Written by Matt Ridley, the award-winning author of the national bestseller Genome, Francis Crick traces his life from middle class

European Building Construction (Ching Francis D. K.)(Paperback)

The first European edition of Francis DK Ching's classic visual guide to the basics of building construction. For nearly four decades, the US publication Building Construction Illustrated has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction. This new European edition

Francis I - The Maker of Modern France (Frieda Leonie)(Paperback / softback)

The Sunday Times bestselling author of Catherine de Medici turns to Francis I, the king who transformed France into a great

The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest (Jennings Francis)(Paperback)

In this iconoclastic book, Francis Jennings recasts the story of American colonization as a territorial invasion. The traditional history of early America paints the colonies as a transplantation of European culture to a new continent--a 'virgin land' in which Native Americans were assigned the

Battles at Thrush Green (Read)(Paperback)

Feelings are running high in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green. The rector's plan for the neglected churchyard doesn't meet with universal approval; there is a clash of personalities at the local school; and someone has returned to the village after an absence of fifty

WWII Diary of a Fallen Japanese Soldier (Lake S. R.)(Paperback)

The translation of a WWII diary of a Japanese soldier in 1943 stationed on the front lines in the Solomon

Death in the City (Schaeffer Francis A.)(Paperback)

A Redesign of the Classic Work by Francis A. Schaeffer Few Christians have had a greater impact on the Christian response to modernism and postmodernism during the last half of the twentieth century than Francis A. Schaeffer. A man with penetrating insight, his works offer a seemingly prophetic

Murder in the Snow - A Cotswold Christmas Mystery (Mitchell Gladys)(Paperback / softback)

The Oregon Trail (Parkman Francis)(Paperback)

The true story of author Francis Parkman's adventures in Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas in the summer of 1846. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of

The Oregon Trail (Parkman Francis)(Paperback)

The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a horseback journey that would ultimately takehim over

The Seducer's Diary (Kierkegaard Sren)(Paperback)

'In the vast literature of love, The Seducer's Diary is an intricate curiosity--a feverishly intellectual attempt to reconstruct an erotic failure as a pedagogic success, a wound masked as a boast,' observes John Updike in his foreword to Soren Kierkegaard's narrative. This work, a chapter from