New Books and other products in our Online shop for Spring 2008

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Magic Stones - Jan Pohribny and Julian Richards £14.99
Standing with Stones Feature Length Documentary Tour DVD £17.99
Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age and Roman Europe by Miranda J. Green £5.99
Roman Britain - T.W. Potter, Catherine Johns £5.99
Bill Wyman's Treasure Islands: Britain's History Uncovered £5.99
25 Walks in Ayrshire and Arran, 25 Walks: Aberdeen, 25 Walks: Highland Perthshire, 25 Walks: Skye and Kintail, 25 Walks in Down District, 25 Walks: The Cotswolds, 25 Walks: Yorkshire Dales, all faturing lots of prehistory, each £3.99
New Low Price: Stone Circles and Rows from £7.50
Julian Cope Megalithic European now £9.99
All items plus p&p

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Magic Stones: The Secret World of Ancient Megaliths - Jan Pohribny and Julian Richards

"Magic Stones" documents, in stunning and evocative photographs, our ancestors' obsession with stone. Throughout Europe, from the sun-drenched temples of Malta and the great tombs and alignments of Brittany to the labyrinths of icy Finland, this fascinating book explores these stones in their landscape. This is the most wide-ranging photographic record of ancient European stone structures published to date. It is an inspirational celebration of the beliefs and achievements of our ancient ancestors. It features an introduction by leading archaeologist Julian Richards.

Only £14.99+p&p,

Standing with Stones Feature Length Documentary Tour DVD

A new film exploring the mysteries of Britain's ancient stone circles Standing with Stones, has just been released on DVD. It is an exploration into the wealth of prehistoric sites in Britain and Ireland on a scale never before attempted on film. It aims to give a fresh insight into our megalithic heritage. The entire 136-minute documentary - written and presented by Rupert Soskin and produced and directed by Michael Bott - has been researched, scripted, narrated and filmed by just the two themselves, including composing all the music and creating the computer graphics. Price £17.99+p&p

Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age and Roman Europe

by Miranda J. Green (Miranda Aldhouse Green)

Sacrifice, like death, is one of the great taboos of modern society. The notion that human sacrifice - 'murder most horrid' - and even cannibalism could be considered a most holy act is almost inconceivable. Yet the evidence for human sacrifice in north-west Europe, deriving from both archaeology and the testimony of Classical writers of the first centuries BC/AD, has to be confronted. Only £5.99+p&p,

Roman Britain - T.W. Potter, Catherine Johns

Relying on the most recent archaeological evidence as well as on ancient artifacts, T.W. Potter and Catherine Johns assess the impact of the Roman invasion of A.D. 43 to provide a complete picture of Roman Britain. In the context of Britain's place in the empire as a whole, they survey the effect of Romanization in town and country, in the arts, architecture, and religion.

Only £5.99+p&p

Bill Wyman's Treasure Islands: Britain's History Uncovered

Bill Wyman bought his first metal detector in 1991 and re-visited a childhood interest in history by exploring the landscape around his Suffolk home. A few finds later, he was hooked. This book tells the story of how this famous Rolling Stone became interested in archaeology, how he records and identifies his finds and the importance of the portable Antiquities Scheme and The Treasure Act of 1996. After a brief history of Britain from the Bronze Age to the present day, accompanied by a timeline of important dates and discoveries, the main part of the book comprises a gazetteer of places and findspots across Britain and Ireland, listing what was found, when and where.

Only £5.99+p&p,

25 Walks Series

Buy 3 '25 walks' books and choose a fourth book for free

Written by experienced authors, these carefully selected local walks are accompanied by maps and colour photographs. The 25 Walks series titles are little travel guides for seeing the beauty of Great Britain. Each geographical area tells the traveler of 25 different local walks to take to enjoy the sites and scenes of that particular region. Each walk has been thoroughly researched and noted. You'll see everything for which Great Britain is known: historical castles, ancient monuments, the rolling countryside, battle sites, and more. Each book is filled with detailed, easy to use maps for each walk and includes full-color photographs of landmarks and historical places. -- See Great Britain the healthy way -- by walking! Explore ancient ruins and marshes far from the hustle and bustle of normal tourist traffic, and get to know the countries and their people as they really are.

25 Walks in Ayrshire and Arran

25 Walks: Aberdeen

25 Walks: Highland Perthshire

25 Walks: Skye and Kintail

25 Walks in Down District

25 Walks: The Cotswolds

25 Walks: Yorkshire Dales

each £3.99

New Low Price: Stone Circles and Rows

Greatly Updated Second Edition. Now crammed onto a single CD-ROM and updated to version 2.1
A Photographic Tour on two CD-ROMs by Tom Bullock

New low prices starting at just £7.50 + p&p