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Einstein in Oxford
Published in 2024 Einstein in Oxford by Andrew Robinson explores Albert Einstein's time spent in Oxford, primarily focusing on his visits in the early 1930s.
Gaudy Night
A murder mystery with Lord Peter Wimsey, kicks off when Harriet Vane revisits her old college for a Gaudy night.
Latin Inscriptions in Oxford
Most of Oxford's Memorials and stone word are still in Latin. What does it all mean?
Oxford University, Stories From the Archives
52 case studies from the University archives. A scholarly romp through the University’s relationships.
Dr Radcliffe's Library
A scholarly account of Oxford's first Science Library, now perhaps Oxford's most iconic building and a History reading room for the Bodleian Library.
Evelyn Waugh's Oxford
About the author of master of 'roaring 20's satire'. Brideshead revisited? Handful of Dust? That's him. Masterful and terrifically funny.
The College Graces of Oxford and Cambridge
College graces are an individual feature of each Oxford college, and one of the last bastions of spoken Latin.
The Historic Heart of Oxford University
An in-depth look at the building of Oxford by Oxford's matchless architectural historian.
Oxford Z-A: 1000 Years of History in 26 Letters
Taking the reader on a journey through Oxford's colourful past, this book brings to life a city known around the world. With comic tales and quirky illustrations by Korky Paul, it offers an audience of all ages a reading adventure that's informative and fun.
Oxford Student Pranks: A History Of Mischief And Mayhem
This entertaining volume recalls some of the greatest stunts and practical jokes in the university's history, including those by Oscar Wilde, Percy Shelley, T E Lawrence, Richard Burton and Roger Bacon.
Morse, Lewis, Endeavour and Oxford
After Four Decades is This the End of the Road?. By John Mair and Institute of Tourist guiding Heidi Boon Rickard.
Blood on the Cowley Road
Sarah Johnson plunges to her death from the top of the multi-storey carpark, right in front of his prying camera. Was her death the result of a sick prank by an art student?
The Oxford Botswana Murders
Detective Inspector Amanda Godspeed's first murder takes her to Africa.
The Adventures of a Black Edwardian Intellectual: The Story of James Arthur Harley
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Historical Society tells the great story of an early twentieth century poor boy from the Caribbean who travelled the world and became a scholar, a curate and a councillor
Oxford's Famous Faces: A Guide to Who They Are and Where They Lived
An illustrated overview with a closer looks at some of the illustrious names of Oxford.
The Blue Badge Guide's Oxford Quiz Book
Fun and challenging questions to test your knowledge of Oxford's history and life today.
Inspector Morse, Last Bus to Woodstock
Historic for being first of the famous Morse stories, adapted for television.
The Life and Times of Anthony Wood, Antiquary of Oxford, 1632-1695
This private diary from Oxford's extraordinary 17th Century is described as "selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it".
Norman Collie - a life in two worlds
Biography of mountain Explorer and Scientist, 1859-1942 published by OHT guide in 1987.
Alice in Waterland: Lewis Carroll and the River Thames in Oxford
Lewis Carroll and the River Thames by Oxford Author and Guide Mark Davies
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