Sir John Soane is now regarded as one of the great architects of late 18th- and early 19th- century Europe. And increasingly, contemporary architects and designers are being influenced by the subtleties of the unique "Soane style." Dorothy Stroud's masterly work is the culmination of a lifetime's research. Drawing together all the threads of her previous writings on Soane, Stroud gives us both a concise biography of the architect and a sweeping, richly illustrated survey of his works.

Sir John Soane, Architect

Biographies & Memoirs

Stroud, Dorothy

Arts & Literature

Giles de la Mare

For many, Walter de la Mare is as great a writer of fiction as of poetry. Sadly, the majority of his short stories have been unavailable for some time. Now this welcome volume, the second of three, brings together more stories written between 1927 and 1956, including On the Edge, The Wind Blows Over, A Beginning and Other Stories, as well as four uncollected stories and four unpublished stories.

Short Stories 1927-1956

Literature & Fiction

DE LA MARE, Walter

Short Stories & Anthologies

It is no accident that the weather is a perpetual topic of conversation in Britain. For its range of extreme conditions our climate is quite unusual. Winds of over 130 mph, snowstorms producing 6 feet of undrifted snow in 15 hours, protracted droughts, hailstorms, and deluges releasing 11 inches of rain in 24 hours—Robin Stirling tells us of these and many other equally remarkable phenomena, assessing their significance in relation to average conditions both locally and nationally, and putting all the facts into perspective. A mine of information, The Weather of Britain has proved absorbing for all those with a general interest in the subject and valuable for people whose jobs and even lives depend on having a detailed and accurate knowledge of Britain's weather.

The Weather of Britain

Science & Math

Stirling, Robin

Earth Sciences

Unlike any other guide, this stunningly illustrated handbook conducts visitors around Venice using the observations and opinions of famous writers and art historians to enlighten them. Among the people it quotes are Vasari, Ruskin, Berenson, Wittkower, Dickens, Henry James, A.J.C. Hare, Otto Demus, Ernst Gombrich, Michael Levey, Cecil Gould, Hugh Honour, and James Morris. The book divides Venice up into seven walks and four excursions. These divisions are accompanied by eight clear maps so that people can see the maximum number of sights they wish to in a limited time. Its coverage of Venice's rich store of paintings and sculpture is as full as that of its unique architecture. The illustrations are mostly taken from old engravings and, like the text, provide a fascinating historical perspective on the present-day versions of the scenes and buildings they represent.

Venice: An Anthology Guide

Travel

Grundy, Milton

Europe

This is the autobiography of a remarkable woman, who, educated in the culturally unsophisticated milieu of South Africa, managed by charm, determination, and good judgment to establish herself, between 1950 and the late 1970s, as a doyenne of the London art world. A gallery owner of distinctive and influential taste, she pioneered the study of such important painters as Degas, Rodin, and Augustus John.

Duchess of Cork Street: The Autobiography of an Art Dealer

Browse, Lillian

Through his researches in the rich archive of 16th and 17th century manuscripts and documents at the Middle Temple in London, where he is a senior barrister, Anthony Arlidge has revealed that Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was commissioned for performance there in 1602. Middle Temple Hall is the only building surviving from Shakespeare’s time where it is known that one of his plays had its first night. In the course of the book, Anthony Arlidge describes in detail the background of the contemporary legal world, and brings to life the extravagant literary and social milieu of the Elizabethan Inns of Court in all its complexity. Shakespeare and the Prince of Love is written in such a way that it will have a strong appeal to the general reader as well as to Shakespeare enthusiasts, students of English literature, and historians.

Shakespeare and the Prince of Love: The Feast of Misrule in the Middle Temple

Arlidge, Anthony

History & Criticism

Henry Moore’s rise from Yorkshire miner's son to international acclaim as the 20th century’s greatest sculptor is one of the most remarkable stories in British art. In this handsomely illustrated second edition of The Life of Henry Moore, Roger Berthoud charts Moore’s transition from controversial young modernist to celebrated pillar of the art world establishment. Drawing on his weekly interviews with the sculptor as well as a mass of material, including early letters and interviews with Moore’s friends and associates, Berthoud gives us a lively, balanced, definitive portrait of Henry Moore’s long life and career. Roger Berthoud, former arts journalist for the Times and the Independent, is also the author of the definitive biography of Graham Sutherland.

The Life of Henry Moore

Arts & Photography

Berthoud, Roger

Individual Artists

Unlike any other guide, this stunningly illustrated handbook conducts visitors around Venice using the observations and opinions of famous writers and art historians to enlighten them. Among the people it quotes are Vasari, Ruskin, Berenson, Wittkower, Dickens, Henry James, A. J. C. Hare, Otto Demus, Ernst Gombrich, Michael Levey, Cecil Gould, Hugh Honour, and James Morris. The book divides Venice up into seven walks and four excursions. These divisions are accompanied by eight clear maps so that people can see the maximum number of sights, even with limited time. The illustrations, mostly taken from old engravings, provide a fascinating historical perspective on the present-day versions of the scenes and buildings they represent.

Venice: The Anthology Guide

Robert Ponsonby has been at the center of the music world for some 60 years, and this engaging volume is a distillation of his experiences, achievements, and friendships in that world. With its deft touch and its empathy, it is captivating, inspiring, and full of humor. Portraits of more than 50 individuals—including conductors, composers, performers, and administrators—that have helped shaped classical music in the 20th century are provided, among them Boult, Beecham, Giulini, Pritchard, Kubelik, Boulez, Walton, Tippett, Berio, Ligeti,Henze, Menuhin, Sena Jurinac, Rostropovich, Jacqueline du Pré, John Ogdon, William Glock, John Drummond, Thomas Armstrong, and Robert Mayer. Perfect for established and amateurs listeners alike, this is an expansive insider’s look at contemporary classical music.

Musical Heroes: A Personal View of Music and the Musical World Over Sixty Years

Ponsonby, Robert

Romanesque Churches of Spain: A Traveller's Guide

Strafford, Peter

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