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Cambridge: More Than a Guide This full-colour guide comes with stunning photography capturing the special essence of Cambridge. It is divided into easy-reference sections where you will find something for everyone, from walk maps to fabulous shopping, from sightseeing highlights to keeping the kids amused and much, much more. Tour Cambridge.

The Story of Cambridge This attractively illustrated book is intended to introduce readers of all ages to the fascinating university city of Cambridge. Stephanie Boyd tells the story of the development of both town and gown over the past thousand years, in an accessible narrative that brings to life both the institutions and the individuals associated with this celebrated seat of learning. She looks at the colleges, laboratories and (increasingly) companies that have grown up in Cambridge, and at the individuals, including kings, queens, scientists, architects, poets, and writers particularly associated with the city. Stephanie Boyd describes how a small town in the English fens, that happened to have a famous university in its midst, has been transformed in recent years into a global centre of the business and educational communities. The Story of Cambridge is intended for tourists and business visitors, city residents, present and future, and students of all kinds. Tour Cambridge.

Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge not only houses the University of Cambridge's art collection but is also a public museum and art gallery with an international reputation. More than half a million objects and works of art are held in five curatorial departments: Antiquities, Applied Arts, Coins and Medals, Manuscripts and Printed Books and Paintings, Drawings and Prints. This sumptuous new book on the collections, published to celebrate the re-opening of the museum following the Courtyard development and extensive refurbishment, is designed to highlight the Museum's many treasures, ranging from Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities to the arts of the 21st century and including masterpieces by Titian, Canaletto, Stubbs, Constable, Monet, Renoir and Picasso, one of the world's foremost Rembrandt print collections, Handel music manuscripts and the famous Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, one of the most significant collections of Korean ceramics outside South-East Asia. Richly illustrated with a clear, explanatory text, this superb addition to Scala's prestigious series on the great collections of the world.

Cambridge This superbly illustrated book is the culmination of thirty years of studying, living and photographing in this beautiful and illustrious university city and market town. A gallery of stunning images documents the colleges, the churches, the streets and the river, while also providing a glimpse into university life. The photographer has been granted access to many places normally closed to the visiting public. A short introduction gives a historical summary of the city from its earliest days and the arrival of the university in the thirteenth century, through to the present day. This book is a must for anyone who loves Cambridge, who has visited it, or who wishes to experience its many and varied splendours and secrets. Tour Cambridge.

Cambridge Oddfellows and Funny Tales This book takes the reader through the eccentric developments of the world-famous Cambridge Colleges. Wonderfully illustrated throughout by newspaper cartoonist Holte; from Ferdinand Smythes, the glutton of Queens College, who once threatened to eat a child, to John Allcock, Bishop of Ely and founder of Jesus College, originally the impoverished Benedictine nunnery of Saint Radegund.

Corpus Lives: 1352-2002 Corpus Lives is the first attempt to chronicle the history of the College through the lives of the Old Members. The authors examine anew the major themes and events in the 650 years of the College's existence, drawing on the rich traditions of scholarship and recordkeeping with which it has long been associated. The brief biographies reveal a wide variety of individuals whose collective achievements have helped to make the College what it is today and whose legacy continues to influence generations of Corpus men and women. Corpus Lives is the first attempt to chronicle the history of the College through the lives of the Old Members. The authors examine anew the major themes and events in the 650 years of the College's existence, drawing on the rich traditions of scholarship and recordkeeping with which it has long been associated. The brief biographies reveal a wide variety of individuals whose collective achievements have helped to make the College what it is today and whose legacy continues to influence generations of Corpus men and women.

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