Recent Arrivals from Swainby Books

Book is mint condition apart from tiny black mark on lower edge A stimulating contribution to the field of Anglo-Saxon studies. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY A mind-stretching read. NOTES AND QUERIES The papers contained in this volume, by leading researchers in the field, cover a wide range of social, economic and ideological aspects of the culture of early Anglo-Saxon England, from an inter-disciplinary… Read more about this item

Complete set in very good condition. Not marked. Dust jacket covered with extra plastic cover. Price includes extra shipping costs The Oxford History of England (1934–65) was a notable book series on the history of the United Kingdom. Published by Oxford University Press, it was originally intended to span from Roman Britain to the outbreak of… Read more about this item

At the heart of the Christian faith is the mystery of the Incarnation - God manifesting his love for us by becoming man... The Mystery of Incarnation is divided into three parts and covers subjects such as: the contemporary search for meaning; rediscovering the transcendent; prayer; saints for our time; peace; human love and relationships; the future of society; and… Read more about this item

Directly, simply, and forcefully, Moltmann here presents his reflections on the Spirit and the spiritual life that were the essence of his prior book, The Spirit of Life. In this short, accessible work, he combines a deep personal faith with admirable learning and experience. Moltmann views the Holy Spirit as the power of new life, which enlivens body and soul, spirit… Read more about this item

By Christmas Eve 1941 the war could hardly have been worse for Britain or the United States. The Japanese had entered the war, first bombing Pearl Harbor where they sank five US battleships; a few days later Japanese torpedo-bombers sank the Royal Navy's battleship Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser Repulse. Their forces were soon landing on Hong Kong Island,… Read more about this item

The first edition of the new Catechism went out across the world in many language versions. This gave the local Churches the chance to study it in depth. Through their bishops and teachers they responded with comments on texts that needed refinement. The present edition was developed in the light of these comments and published in Latin as the definitive… Read more about this item

This fascinating collection of letters traces the exchanges between a young subaltern on the front, Gerard 'Ged' Garvin, and his mother and father at home. Correspondence was eagerly awaited by all. Ged savoured letters home like 'Jim Hawkins trickling the doubloons through his fingers'. Equally, his mother and father at home were always fearful that each letter they received would… Read more about this item

Gripping...an outstanding portrait of a technocrat, at work and at home - The Wall Street Journal Evocative...relentless - The New York Times Book Review This is biography and history at its best. - Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit The remarkable life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B.… Read more about this item

Most Christians know John Newton as the slave ship captain who famously converted to Christ on the high seas and then penned one of the greatest hymns of the faith: Amazing Grace. Less well-known is Newtons significance in his own day as an evangelical icon, great preacher and theologian, and important influence on abolitionist William Wilberforce. In this fascinating biography,… Read more about this item

Paperback copy in very good condition. The story of the tragic Bronte family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother, wild romantic Emily, unrequited Anne and 'poor Charlotte'. Or do we? These stereotypes of the popular imagination are precisely that - imaginary - created by amateur biographers from… Read more about this item

Copy signed by author The award-winning biography of William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, the youngest leader of the Tory Party since Pitt himself. William Pitt the Younger was one of the most extraordinary figures in British history. Prime minister at the age of twenty-four, he went on to dominate British politics for two decades, presiding over such complex and treacherous… Read more about this item

This is a collection of portraits of twelve outstanding women who lived and worked in Cambridge during the century before women were admitted fully to membership of the University. The subjects include Jane Harrison, distinguished scholar of Greek religion, Mrs Sidgwick, founder of Newnham College, Eileen Power, medieval historian, Nora Chadwick, scholar of Norse and Celtic, Honor Fell, cell biologist… Read more about this item

One of the best books ever for military modellers.

Cardinal Wolsey is a controversial figure: a butcher s son, a man of letters and the Church, a divisive political expert, a man of principle yet, to some, an arrogant upstart. As Lord Chancellor to the incorrigible Henry VIII he achieved much both at home and abroad, but his failure to achieve the mighty monarch s divorce from Catherine of… Read more about this item

Captains of Consciousness offers a historical look at the origins of the advertising industry and consumer society at the turn of the twentieth century. It considers the continuing influence of advertising and commercialism in contemporary life. Not limiting his critique strictly to consumers and the advertising culture that serves them, he provides a fascinating history of the ways in which… Read more about this item

Alongside the open conflict of World War II there were other, hidden wars - the wars of communication, in which success depended on a flow of concealed and closely-guarded information. Smuggled written messages, secretly transmitted wireless signals, or months of eavesdropping on radio traffic meant operatives could discover in advance what the enemy intended to do. This information was passed… Read more about this item

Box set of Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge that is in very good and unmarked condition, apart from fading on spine of one book (see photo). The books have never been read.

In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as Augustulus, was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe, its territories divided among successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military manpower.But, if the Roman Empire was dead, Romans… Read more about this item

In this final volume of Woodrow Wyatt's journals, running from the April 1992 election until three months before he died in December 1997, Wyatt is in his late seventies, but his access to those in power is undiminished. John Major, Norman Lamont and Rupert Murdoch play leading roles as Wyatt writes his columns in The Times and the News of… Read more about this item

This anthology by celebrated interviewer Naim Attallah takes in some of his most spectacular encounters with the leading lights of the past. Naim Attallah spent a large part of the 1990s conducting in-depth interviews with a wide range of distinguished people from the arts, politics, business, academe and the media, some of which were first published in the Oldie and… Read more about this item