Alumni Books Publications
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…
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,…
Billy and the Man Engine
Will Coleman (1981, Zoology)
Granny Rowse tells stories. Billy loves to listen. Granny tells tales of triumph and tragedy, of industry and innovation, of…
The Defiant Spark
Annie Percik (1997, English)
Annie Percik’s debut novel is a fantasy adventure, set in a contemporary world without electricity, where mana powers everything. And…
A Rational Belief
Peter Wycherley (1960, Zoology)
A Rational Belief is an intelligent layman’s attempt to elucidate the relationship between God and Man from a contemporary standpoint,…
Park Life
Rick Thompson (1966, English)
A Year in the Wildlife of an Urban Park Park Life follows a year in the life of an urban…
Trust and the Islamic Advantage
Avital Livny (2003, Oriental Studies)
Religious-Based Movements in Turkey and the Muslim World In much of the Muslim world, Islamic political and economic movements appear…
Darwin’s Psychology
Ben Bradley (1971, Human Sciences)
This book presents a Darwin new to contemporary science, lighting a way forward for those who seek to base psychology…
Notes from a Plague Year: Spring 2019 – Spring 2020
Victor Chen (1966, Social Studies)
This book continues the author’s bizarre discoveries in how he has been used in “science” and history, including the “coronavirus”…
In The Time of Foxes
Joanne Lennan (2008, BCL)
‘A fox could be a shape-shifter, a spirit being. It could appear in human form if this suited its purposes;…
Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin
James Rogers (1984, Modern Languages)
In Assignment Moscow, former foreign correspondent James Rodgers analyses the news coverage of Russia throughout history, from the coverage of…
