111 Places in Oxford That You Shouldn't Miss av Ed Glinert, David Taylor

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<p>There might be more books on Oxford than students who have attended the world¿s greatest university, but there has never been one as dynamic and exciting as <strong><em>111 Places in Oxford</em></strong><strong><em>That You Shouldn¿t Miss</em></strong>. Author Ed Glinert has sifted through all the college histories, records and lists of alumni; examined all the quads and cloisters of the great colleges; explored the glorious villages hewn from honey-dripping Cotswold stone; luxuriated in the glamorous coffee houses of High Street; imagined society¿s earliest motor cars built at the Morris garages; been struck dumb by the never-ending peal of bells at Tom Tower; relaxed at Carfax, the very centre of the universe; and tippled at each of the legendary pubs between St Giles and Merton.</p><p>This is a volume which will send residents into paroxysms of laughter, remind students why they¿re there, and warn prospective undergrads of the joys of living in one of the world¿s most beautiful a