UK Bookshop

This page is provided for the convenience of Europeans. These are the same books recommended elsewhere at Gallifrey but here they are linked to amazon.co.uk instead of the US site. If you are interested in purchasing any of these books from amazon.co.uk or just want more information about them click the title. The pages listed on the right have equivalent links to amazon.com in the US.

I recommend Pompeii, the Day a City Died by Robert Etienne, an inexpensive Discoveries series book, for a very good overview of Pompeii, its history, and its rediscovery.	Return to Pompeii
I recommend these books for further study of the Maya. Every book I have seen by the late Linda Schele is both entertaining and rich with information. I particularly like A Forest of Kings. Breaking the Maya Code by Michael Coe tells the fascinating story of the deciphering of Mayan writing and explains the glyphs.	Return to the Maya
Look at these books for information on Easter Island archaeology: The Mystery of Easter Island by Katherine Routledge has historical and arachaeological importance. Joanne Van Tilburg's Easter Island: Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture has considerable data on the moai.	Return to Rapa Nui
These complete translations of Jules Verne's 20000 Leagues under the Sea are currently in print: I like the Naval Institute Press edition (available in hardcover and paperback), translated by Walter James Miller and Frederick Paul Walter, for its translation, notes, and graphics. The recent Oxford's World's Classics edition, translated by William Butcher, is not illustrated but has some fascinating notes about Verne's early manuscripts, and is quite inexpensive. The Signet Classic edition, translated by Brunetti, is also very affordable. The Jules Verne Encyclopedia is a diverse collection on Verne material for both the enthusiast and scholar.	Return to 20000 Leagues
These excellent books contain some of the best information about with the Confederate Hunley and other Civil War era submarines. Like every book about the Hunley, the very latest material is of course not included: Union and Confederate Submarine Warfare in the Civil War by Mark K. Ragan presents the results of the author's meticulous research. Also by Mark Ragan, The Hunley: Submarines, Sacrifice, and Success in the Civil War is a nice collection of historical pictorial and textual material about the Hunley. Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine by Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf is the newest book on the Hunley, with the latest information.	Return to The Hunley