Latest Publications
The Plant Hunter
Thomas Mogford (1996, Modern Languages)
London, 1867, and the King’s Road, Chelsea, is lined with exotic plant nurseries, catering to the Victorian obsession with rare…
Dying to Know
Rob Donovan (1967, Modern History)
I am a runner with a special local circuit. One and three-quarter miles up to the top of the hill…
Research Collaboration
Annette Bramley (1990, Metallurgy)
A step-by-step guide to success Collaboration is a defining feature of 21st-century research, with more and more people routinely traversing…
Rise and Shine
Kate Oliver (1988, Experimental Psychology)
The way you start your morning matters – it sets the tone for the rest of your day, shaping your…
A Complete Origami Nativity
Peter Buchan-Symons (2013, Mathematics)
With this book, you can fold over 30 original models to create your own origami Nativity scene! Along the way,…
The Upper World
Femi Fadugba (2006, Materials Science)
Esso is running out of time and into trouble. When he discovers he has the ability to see glimpses of…
The History of Late Modern Englishes
Keith Johnson (1963, English)
This book covers the development of Englishes around the world, not only in the British Isles, but also in the…
What does mankind really know?
Peter Coffin (1966, Chemistry)
When the thoughts of wise individuals across the ages, cultures and disciplines are put together, what a mess! Many are…
A Spectrum of Heroes
Annie Percik (1997, English)
Biochemist Anushka Mahto flees the lab where she works, stealing the mysterious substance she has been experimenting on. She accidentally…
Doris Lessing – A Life Behind the Scenes
Peter Raina (1960, Modern History)
The Files of the British Intelligence Service MI5 In March 1949 the security service MI5 received notice of a suspect…
Heinrich von Kleist Poems
Peter Raina (1960, Modern History)
This collection of poems by Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) translated into modern English rhyming verse by Peter Raina will bring…
George ‘Dadie’ Rylands
Peter Raina (1960, Modern History)
Shakespearean Scholar and Cambridge Legend Just once in a while, actors and performers change the whole way in which they…
Human Flourishing
Andrew Briggs (1968, Physics)
Scientific insight and spiritual wisdom in uncertain times For thousands of years, humans have asked ‘Why we are here?’ and…
Concepts of Materials Science
Adrian Sutton (1973, Metallurgy)
This short book sets out fundamental concepts that underpin the science of materials and emphasizes their relevance to mainstream chemistry,…
Physics of Elasticity and Crystal Defects
Adrian Sutton (1973, Metallurgy)
This textbook is a modern take on an old subject at the heart of materials physics. Properties of crystalline materials…
Rethinking the PhD
Adrian Sutton (1973, Metallurgy)
The traditional PhD is no longer fit for purpose. It fails students and employers. This book provides a blueprint for…
Carlotta the Musical
James Spellman (1981, International Relations)
Released with collaborator and composer, Filippo Cosentino, Carlotta the Musical is a story about a truffle-hunting dog, the family who…
Moving Verses
Professor Ben Bollig
From Wild Tales to Zama, Argentine cinema has produced some of the most visually striking and critically lauded films of…
Music for Unknown Journeys
Professor Ben Bollig
What is the purpose of travel in an age when millions are displaced against their will or have no home…
Speak Up!
Laura Coryton (2017, Women's Studies)
Written by Laura Coryton, who led the international campaign against tampon tax, Speak Up! is a vital and timely book…
Lives Between the Lines
Michael Vatikiotis (1980, Anthropology and Geography)
Lives Between the Lines tells the story of the author’s Greek, British and Italian family who arrived in Egypt and…
The Second Cello
Peter Neville (1965, Metallurgy)
A string chamber music novella, recounting the making of a quartet of instruments and their dispersal. The action moves forward…
Christ’s Hospital
David Taplin (1961, Engineeering)
This book celebrates nearly five centuries of a unique independent school founded in 1552 to educate and support disadvantaged children….
Bowler’s Name?
Tom Hicks (1998, Modern Languages)
Tom Hicks (Catz 1998-2002) won four Blues for cricket and was captain of OUCC in 2000 in the last first-class…
Localism and the Design of Political Systems
Rick Harmes (1968, Modern Languages)
This book examines localism as a political idea and policy approach and explains what localism is about, why it is…
Changing Places
Carl Tomlinson (1986, Modern Languages)
The place I was born is not in Lancashire any more. I grew up in what wasn’t the New Forest…
Existing: Selected Archives
Victor Chen (1966, Social Studies)
Like a beachcomber searching for some lost article of value, Victor Chen has browsed the internet, surfed TV news channels,…
