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Library Programs and Services: The Fundamentals by Stacey Greenwell 9781440879982
Booksplease Price: £90.87The ninth edition of this popular overview of the various programs and services offered by libraries offers best practice and useful tips for implementing them effectively. Building on the strong... -
While Waiting for Rain: Community, Economy, and Law in a Time of Change by John Henry Schlegel 9780472075614
Booksplease Price: £75.25What might a sensible community choose to do if its economy has fallen apart and becoming a ghost town is not an acceptable option? Unfortunately, answers to this question have long been measured... -
American Conspiracies and Cover-ups: JFK, 9/11, the Fed, Rigged Elections, Suppressed Cancer Cures, and the Greatest Conspiracies of Our Time by Douglas Cirignano 9781510742970
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £19.55"Those intrepid souls seeking to peer deeper into America's greatest conspiracies should start with Douglas Cirignano's voluminous book. Don't miss this tour de force."-Jim Marrs, New York Times... -
The Auchinleck Manuscript - New Perspectives by Susanna Fein
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38Fresh examinations of the manuscript which is one of the chief compendiums of literature in the Middle English period. Created in London c. 1340, the Auchinleck manuscript (Edinburgh, National... -
Middle English Poetry: Texts and Traditions by Alastair J. Minnis 9781903153093
Booksplease Price: £109.33Material on the production and transmission of medieval literature and the early formation of the canon of English poetry. A wide range of poets is covered - Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve, the Gawain... -
Studies in the Age of Gower - A Festschrift in Honour of R.F. Yeager by Susannah Mary Chewning 9781843845461
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38New perspectives on one of the most important medieval poets. The essays in this volume pay tribute to the distinguished career of Professor R.F. Yeager. Appropriately for one who has done so much... -
Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England: Making English Literary Manuscripts, 1400-1500 by Daniel Wakelin
RRP: £78.00Booksplease Price: £74.93Daniel Wakelin introduces and reinterprets the misunderstood and overlooked craft practices, cultural conventions and literary attitudes involved in making some of the most important manuscripts in... -
Fifteenth-Century English Dream Visions: An Anthology by Julia Boffey 9780199263981
RRP: £56.00Booksplease Price: £54.03This anthology provides new editions of five 15th-century English poems framed as dreams and demonstrates the energy with which this influential medieval form was explored by post-Chaucerian writers... -
Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power by Maeva Marcus 9780822314172
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £20.89Government seizure of the nation's strikebound steel mills on 8 April 1952 stands as one of President Harry S Truman's most controversial actions, representing an unprecedented use of presidential... -
St Edmund, King and Martyr - Changing Images of a Medieval Saint by Anthony Bale
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £82.05The cult of St Edmund was one of the most important in medieval England, and further afield, as the pieces here show. St Edmund, king and martyr, supposedly killed by Danes (or "Vikings") in 869,... -
The Matter of Identity in Medieval Romance by Phillipa Hardman
Booksplease Price: £96.11Twelve essays address a central concern of medieval romance, the matter of identity. Identity is a central concern of medieval romance. Here it is approached through essays on issues of origin and... -
Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security by Michael R. Redclift 9781783470051
RRP: £45.95Booksplease Price: £43.23The Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security is a landmark publication which links the complexities of climate change to the wellbeing and resilience of human populations.It is written in an... -
Introducing Clubfoot by Valentine Williams 9789357312189
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £9.88World war I spy classicsThe Man with the Clubfoot sees British master spy Desmond Okewood, take on his formidable counterpart German master spy Dr Adolph Grundt, a.k.a. Clubfoot as he searches for... -
England and Bohemia in the Age of Chaucer by Professor Peter Brown 9781843845799
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.08New essays examining Bohemia as a key European context for understanding Chaucer's poetry. Chaucer never went to Bohemia but Bohemia came to him when, in 1382, King Richard II of England married... -
Collection Management Basics Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro 9798216170259
Booksplease Price: £55.71This eighth edition offers students and working professionals the tools to manage the complex process of creating appropriate collections of resources for all types of libraries.Managing collections... -
Collection Management Basics, 7th Edition by Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro 9781440859649
Booksplease Price: £56.42If the heart of the library is its collection, this textbook provides the keys to the heart of your library. Alongside standards of basic principles and processes, you'll find practical guidance on... -
Chaucer and Fame - Reputation and Reception by Isabel Davis
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.08The questions of fame and reputation are central to Chaucer's writings; the essays here discuss their various treatments and manifestations. Fama, or fame, is a central concern of late medieval... -
Chaucer and the Subversion of Form by Thomas A. Prendergast 9781107192843
RRP: £94.00Booksplease Price: £89.69Responding to the lively resurgence of literary formalism, this volume delivers a timely and fresh exploration of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Advancing 'new formalist' approaches, medieval... -
Guy of Warwick: Icon and Ancestor by Alison Wiggins 9781843841258
Booksplease Price: £109.03The first interdisciplinary enquiry into a key figure in medieval and early modern culture. Guy of Warwick is England's other Arthur. Elevated to the status of national hero, his legend occupied a... -
John Gower in England and Iberia - Manuscripts, Influences, Reception by Ana Saez-Hidalgo
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38Essays shedding fresh and significant light on Gower's poetry, major and minor, as it was received, read, and re-produced in England and in Iberia from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. ... -
Transformations in American Legal History: Law, Ideology, and Methods - Essays in Honor of Morton J. Horwitz: No. 2 by Daniel W. Hamilton
RRP: £37.95Booksplease Price: £32.62Over the course of his career at Harvard, Morton Horwitz changed the questions legal historians ask. The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860 (1977) disclosed the many ways that judge-made law... -
Collection Management Basics Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro 9798216170297
Booksplease Price: £116.52This eighth edition offers students and working professionals the tools to manage the complex process of creating appropriate collections of resources for all types of libraries.Managing collections... -
Manuscript and Print in Late Medieval and Early Modern Britain - Essays in Honour of Professor Julia Boffey by Tamara Atkin 9781843845317
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.67Essays on book history, manuscripts and reading during a period of considerable change. The production, transmission, and reception of texts from England and beyond during the late medieval and... -
Wine Microbiology: Practical Applications and Procedures by Kenneth C. Fugelsang 9781441941213
Booksplease Price: £56.12Since publication of the first edition of Wine Microbiology in 1997, the volume of new information and concepts has dramatically increased. Even with the tremendous increase in available information,... -
History, Memory, and the Law by Austin Sarat 9780472088997
RRP: £28.95Booksplease Price: £27.64The essays in this book examine law as an active participant in the process through which history is written and memory is constructed. Instead of seeing law as a "victim" of history, the writers... -
'To Save the People from Themselves': The Emergence of American Judicial Review and the Transformation of Constitutions by Robert J. Steinfeld
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £49.25In this expansive history, Robert J. Steinfeld offers a thorough re-interpretation of the origins of American judicial review and the central role it quickly came to play in the American... -
Mapping Time: The Calendar and its History by E.G. Richards 9780192862051
Booksplease Price: £53.67Mapping Time is an account for the general reader of the history and underlying basis of each of the most important calendars of the world, from antiquity to modern times. There are descriptions of... -
A Critical Companion to John Skelton Sebastian Sobecki 9781843847816
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £22.60Introduces Skelton and his work to readers unfamiliar with the poet, gathers together the vibrant strands of existing research, and opens up new avenues for future studies. John Skelton is a... -
Wine Microbiology: Practical Applications and Procedures by Kenneth C. Fugelsang 9780387333410
RRP: £89.99Booksplease Price: £81.02Since publication of the first edition of Wine Microbiology in 1997, the volume of new information and concepts has dramatically increased. Even with the tremendous increase in available information,... -
'To Save the People from Themselves': The Emergence of American Judicial Review and the Transformation of Constitutions by Robert J. Steinfeld 9781108984591
Booksplease Price: £23.57In this expansive history, Robert J. Steinfeld offers a thorough re-interpretation of the origins of American judicial review and the central role it quickly came to play in the American... -
A Critical Companion to John Skelton by Sebastian Sobecki
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £81.75Introduces Skelton and his work to readers unfamiliar with the poet, gathers together the vibrant strands of existing research, and opens up new avenues for future studies. John Skelton is a... -
John Gower in Manuscripts and Early Printed Books by Martha Driver 9781843845539
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38Essays considering the relationship between Gower's texts and the physical ways in which they were first manifested. The media in which Gower's works were first transmitted, whether in print of... -
The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector - Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya by Takami Matsuda
Booksplease Price: £45.14New research into medieval English literature, with a particular focus on manuscripts and writing. This acclaimed study of English medieval manuscripts and early printed books - many items from... -
A Companion to the Early Printed Book in Britain, 1476-1558 by Vincent Gillespie 9781843843634
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £111.92First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early printed book, and the issues associated with it. The history of the book is now recognized as a field of central importance for... -
A Companion to the Early Printed Book in Britain, 1476-1558 by Vincent Gillespie 9781843845362
Booksplease Price: £33.52First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early printed book, and the issues associated with it. The history of the book is now recognized as a field of central importance for... -
Morality, Politics, and Law: A Bicentennial Essay by Michael J. Perry 9780195064568
RRP: £71.00Booksplease Price: £50.22`What is the proper relation of moral and religious beliefs to politics and law, especially in a society that, like the United States, is morally and religiously pluralistic?' In Morality, Politics,... -
The Prose Brut and Other Late Medieval Chronicle - Books have their Histories. Essays in Honour of Lister M. Matheson by Jaclyn Rajsic
RRP: £95.00Booksplease Price: £91.38Essays on the medieval chronicle tradition, shedding light on history writing, manuscript studies and the history of the book, and the post-medieval reception of such texts. The histories of... -
Patterns of American Jurisprudence by Neil Duxbury 9780198258506
RRP: £145.00Booksplease Price: £106.48This unique study offers a comprehensive analysis of American jurisprudence from its emergence in the later stages of the nineteenth century through to the present day. The author argues that it is a... -
User-Centered Design Stories: Real-World UCD Case Studies by Carol Righi 9780123706089
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.60User-Centered Design Stories is the first user-centered design casebook with cases covering the key tasks and issues facing UCD practitioners today. Intended for both students and practitioners, this... -
On the Battlefield of Merit: Harvard Law School, the First Century by Daniel R. Coquillette
RRP: £33.95Booksplease Price: £29.50Harvard Law School is the oldest and, arguably, the most influential law school in the nation. U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices, and foreign heads of state, along with senators, congressional...