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Bodleian Library Note Cards
#UM2172 $17.95
One of the oldest libraries in Europe, Oxford
University’s Bodleian Library houses countless
treasures, including a robust collection of
nineteenth- and twentieth-century children’s
books. Several of those lovely old books,
bound in brightly colored embossed cloth,
fill the shelves pictured on our handsome
Bodleian Library Note Cards
. Whether
you use them to send snail-mail greetings
to the youngsters in your life or to share
bookish thoughts with Anglophile friends,
these 3½"x5½" cards are sure to brighten someone’s
day! We’re offering a set of ten cards (two each of five designs) with
envelopes, packaged neatly together in a paper wallet.
Members’ Price $22.91
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Members’ Price $22.95
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Peregrine Spring
by Nancy Cowan
#UM2942
Hardcover, 265 pages; 2016
$26.95
If you’ve ever stared into the sky on a brisk fall day and watched a hawk
wheeling across the blue, this book will instantly grab your attention.
Nancy Cowan and her husband, Jim, had been animal-lovers their whole
lives, but he was nearing forty when he decided to explore falconry. As a
Christmas present, she promised to help him get it added to their state
hunting laws. As she learned about the sport to keep up her end of the
bargain, she soon wanted to try her hand at it, too. So began a lifetime
love affair with these keen-eyed birds of prey. Follow Nancy on her
journey through triumph and heartbreak, and you’ll fall in love with
these amazing and intelligent creatures—and, the next time you see
that familiar silhouette spiraling through the sky, you’ll have an appreciation for raptors that you
never thought possible.
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The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the
Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty
by Tracy Borman
#UM2982
Hardcover, 448 pages; 2017
$27.00
The Tudors are arguably Britain’s most famous—and most
scandalous—royal family. Henry VII’s ascension to the throne in
1485 after the War of the Roses birthed a dynasty that would remain
steeped in love, death, and deadly politics for generations.
The Private
Lives of the Tudors
gives us an intriguing glimpse into what went
on in the most carefully guarded places and the most intimate of
moments. Drawing from historical documents and sparing no detail,
historian Tracy Borman offers fascinating insight into the secret lives
of this dangerous and dynamic family.
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Irena’s Children
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
#UM2672
Hardcover, 317 pages; 2016
$26.00
When Gestapo agents arrested Irena Sendler on October 21, 1943,
they were desperate for information about the Polish resistance
network they thought she worked for. But the diminutive social
worker whom the Nazis spent (fruitless) months interrogating was
no mere foot soldier; rather, she was the bold architect of a smuggling
operation that saved 2,500 Jewish children from annihilation,
spiriting them out of the Warsaw ghetto via sewers, construction
vehicles, “forgotten” crates on city trams…even in toolboxes! In
this gripping, harrowing biography, Tilar J. Mazzeo shares Irena’s
incredible story, along with those of the friends and colleagues who
risked everything to help her save the children.
(KG)
Members’ Price $22.10
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