project collections

Jerusalem

Books devoted to, or substantially dealing with, the archaeology of Jerusalem and environs.
drawing of ancient pots next to photograph of pot

A History of Pottery and Potters in Ancient Jerusalem

Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961-1967

H. J. Franken (1917-2005), State University Leiden

Capitalizing Jerusalem

Mu'awiya's Urban Vision 638-680

Beatrice St. Laurent, Bridgewater State University

Distant Views of the Holy Land

Felicity Cobbing (Palestine Exploration Fund) and David Jacobson The Palestine (Exploration Fund, and University College London), Volume Editors

Exploring the Holy Land

150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund

David Gurevich (University of Haifa) and Anat Kidron (Gottlieb Schumacher Institute) (Volume Editors)
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Medieval Studies

An Embodied Reading of The Shepherd of Hermas

The Book of Visions and its Role in Moral Formation

Angela Kim Harkins, Boston College

Anthimus

On the Observance of Foods

Translated with notes and commentary by Mark Grant, Independent Writer and Classicist
depiction of a medieval landscape showing fortified enclosure on a hill

Castles and Landscapes

Power, Community and Fortification in Medieval England

O.H. Creighton, University of Exeter

Cocatrice and Lampray Hay

Late Fifteenth-Century Recipes from Corpus Christi College Oxford

Translated & transcribed with notes and commentary by Constance B. Hieatt, Medieval Historian (1928-2011), Volume Editor
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Archaeological Memoirs

photo of author's father in the 1950s sitting on a rocky hillside above a fjord and looking through a telescope

Archaeology at Home

Notes on Things, Life and Time

Hein B. Bjerck Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Telling Stories of the Past

An Archaeologist's Memoir

Brian Fagan, University of California, Santa Barbara

The Boomer Archaeologist

A Graphic Memoir of Tribes, Identity, and the Holy Land

Thomas E. Levy, University of California, San Diego

Levantine Archaeology

drawing of ancient pots next to photograph of pot

A History of Pottery and Potters in Ancient Jerusalem

Excavations by K.M. Kenyon in Jerusalem 1961-1967

H. J. Franken (1917-2005), State University Leiden
photo of a woman making a pot sitting in front of pots of different sizes

Ancient Cookware from the Levant

An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective

Gloria London, Independent Scholar

Capitalizing Jerusalem

Mu'awiya's Urban Vision 638-680

Beatrice St. Laurent, Bridgewater State University

Distant Views of the Holy Land

Felicity Cobbing (Palestine Exploration Fund) and David Jacobson The Palestine (Exploration Fund, and University College London), Volume Editors
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Food in the Ancient World

photo of a woman making a pot sitting in front of pots of different sizes

Ancient Cookware from the Levant

An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective

Gloria London, Independent Scholar

Anthimus

On the Observance of Foods

Translated with notes and commentary by Mark Grant, Independent Writer and Classicist
book cover

Apicius

A critical edition with an introduction and English translation

Translated and introduced by Christopher Grocock, Head of Classics at Bedales School, UK & Sally Grainger, Author and Reconstructionist Cook

Archestratus

Fragments from the Life of Luxury : a modern English translation with introduction and commentary

Archestratus, Greek Poet, 4th-Century BC, Translated with commentary and Introduced by John Wilkins, Exeter University & Shaun Hill, Chef and Author
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Biography & Autobiography

"I'm Used to Playing Lead"

Memoirs by Women in Jazz

Amy Tucker, Queens College CUNY (Emerita)
photo of Lester Young playing sax and holding instrument over his head

Being Prez

The Life and Music of Lester Young

Dave Gelly, Writer and Journalist
Collage of jazz memorabilia related to New Orleans

Bill Russell and the New Orleans Jazz Revival

Ray Smith, Musician and Writer, Mike Pointon, Musician and Writer
photograph of Parker playing the sax

Chasin' the Bird

The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker

Brian Priestley, Author, Journalist and Broadcaster
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Female Artists & Women in the Music Industry

A full understanding of the history of music is impossible without more research and publication that focuses on women's roles as creators, performers, teachers and scholars of music. Included in this mini-collection, are roles such as studio technicians, backing groups or even muses!

"I'm Used to Playing Lead"

Memoirs by Women in Jazz

Amy Tucker, Queens College CUNY (Emerita)
digitally altered photograph of Bjork

Björk

Nicola Dibben, University of Sheffield
forthcoming music

Composer

The Changing Face of Music

Anna Beer, Oxford University
period photograph of Dora Bright writing at a desk

Dora Bright

Her Life and Works in the Public Eye

Anthony Bilton, Independent Scholar
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Alternative Music

digitally altered photograph of Bjork

Björk

Nicola Dibben, University of Sheffield
photo of female guitarist standing on outdoor stage surrounded by loudspeakers

Hired Guns

Portraits of Women in Alternative Music

Amanda Kramer, Musician, Wayne Byrne, Author, Journalist and Broadcaster
photo of Ivor at an upright piano wearing hat

Ivor Cutler

A Life Outside the Sitting Room

Bruce J. Lindsay, Music Journalist and Social Historian

Nick Cave

A Study of Love, Death and Apocalypse

Roland Boer, Dalian University of Technology
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