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Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Past
edited by Geoff Emberling and Katharyn Hanson
With an introduction by Professor McGuire Gibson, this up-to-date account describes the state of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad and chronicles the damage done to archaeological sites by illicit digging.

Contributors include Donny George, John M. Russell, Katharyn Hanson, Clemens Reichel, Elizabeth C. Stone, and Patty Gerstenblith. Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name opening at the Oriental Institute April 10, ...
Paperback. Price US$29.95

First Aid for the Excavation of Archaeological Textiles
edited by Carole Gillis and Marie-Louise B Nosch
This small booklet is an important conservation guide. It deals with the special care required in order to deal with these delicate fabrics during their excavation and recording.

It is included as an appendix in Ancient Textiles: Production, Crafts and Society48p (Oxbow Books 2007)
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$8.00, Our Price US$6.00

Water Meadows: History, Ecology and Conservation
edited by Hadrian Cook and Tom Williamson
159p (Windgather Press 2007)

Paperback. Price US$39.95

Danson House: The anatomy of a Georgian villa
by Richard Lea and Chris Miele, with Gordon Higgott
Danson House (1762-66) is one of the finest surviving villas by the architect Robert Taylor (1714-88). Restrained, compact and ingeniously planned, it was built for the City merchant John Boyd (1718-1800), who had made his fortune in the West Indies sugar trade. Boyd had a keen eye for the arts. He engaged William Chambers to design chimney pieces, picture frames and garden buildings, the French Provençal artist Charles Pavillon to paint a ...
Paperback. Price US$50.00

England's Schools: History, Architecture and Adaptation
by Elain Harwood
For most of us, school was our first detailed experience of a building outside the homes of our parents, friends and relations. Many people react emotionally when their old school, charged with so many memories, is closed or demolished. Not all school buildings are worthy of designation, but many are major local landmarks and demonstrate an important part of our society's evolution.

This book aims to raise awareness of the wide range of ...
Paperback. Price US$20.00

Manningham: Character and Diversity in a Bradford Suburb
by Simon Taylor and Kathryn Gibson
This book raises awareness of the wide range and varied character of the historic landscape and buildings which constitute Manningham, and the forces and trends which have contributed to its appearance over time. It tells the story, through its buildings and landscape, of Manningham's development from a thinly populated rural township to a fully developed, mostly middle-class, fashionable, 19th-century city suburb full of self assurance, civic ...
Paperback. Price US$20.00

The Story of Silbury Hill
by Jim Leary and David Field, with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough
Written by two experts with unrivalled information and knowledge of Silbury Hill, and combining scholarly research and readable narrative, this book sets out the archaeological story of Silbury: from an early recognition of its importance to antiquarian and archaeological investigations of the hill.

The book describes each event, setting it within its own historical and political context; the story of the monument is juxtaposed with the ...

Probleme touristischer Entwicklung auf der Insel Soqotra: Vom Missverständnis Oekotourismus" zu nachhaltigem Tourismus?
by Anja-Nadine Mayer
The island of Soqotra, belonging to the Republic of Yemen, is a part of the UNESCO world natural heritage site since the summer of 2008. Its development prospects are characterized by the conflict between tourism and nature protection. The island's tourist marketing is designed for eco-tourism. Nevertheless employees in the tourist sector are inadequately trained and usually lack awareness of the fragile ecosystem. The current development does ...
Paperback. Price US$66.00

Selection of Materials for the Storage or Display of Museum Objects
by Dave Thickett, Lorna Lee
For the past 30 years, conservation scientists at the British Museum have been world leaders in research into the sources and effects of emissions from display and storage systems in museums. A valuable object may be housed in an enclosure such as a cupboard or showcase to improve its physical security; however, this may inadvertently put an object at risk, due to emissions of harmful gases from the storage and display materials. All materials ...

The Image of Heritage. Changing Perception, Permanent Responsibilities: Proceedings of the International Conference of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for the Theory and the Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration. 6-8 March 2009 Florence, Italy
edited by Simone Giometti and Andrzej Tomaszewski
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Andrzej Tomaszewski, The mutual relationships between man and monument through history; Wilfried Lipp, Imago - Image - Imagine: sketches for a mind map; Boguslaw Szmygin, The historic towns in the process of development of tourism; Paolo Del Bianco, Cultural heritage for intercultural dialogue with Life beyond Tourism. SESSION 1: Masahiro Onuma, The worth of maturity in the living properties - Enzo Bentivoglio, Territory, sites ...
Paperback. Price US$48.00