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Bolton Reflections

A fascinating collection of merged historic and modern images that reflect the changes in Bolton through the decades.

Exeter: The Postcard Collection

Explore a fascinating portrait of Exeter presented through a remarkable collection of historical postcards.

Tragic Cheshire - Historic Tales of Misfortune and Disaster

Tragic tales of misfortune and disaster in historic Cheshire. This book will fascinate anyone who want to know more about the history of ...

What's Cooking in the Kremlin - A Modern History of Russia Through the Kitchen Door

What's Cooking in the Kremlin is a tale of feast and famine told from the kitchen, the narrative of one of the most complex, troubling an...

City of Echoes - A New History of Rome, its Popes and its People

In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in the remains of the ancient imperial city. But another...

In Search Of Berlin - The Story of A Reinvented City

A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A masterful portrait of one of the world's greatest cities... A must-read' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Such...

Building a Nazi Racial Community - Mobility and Transnational Transfers between Nazi Germany and the South-Eastern European "Volksdeutsche"

Im letzten Jahrzehnt erschienen zahlreiche Beiträge, die den transnationalen Charakter des Faschismus untersuchten, wenige jedoch gingen ...

Dancing in the Streets - The Story of a Glasgow Upbringing

This is Glasgow journalist Cliff Hanley's sparkling, unsentimental and uproariously funny account of growing up in the Gallowgate and the...

Celebrating the Wirral

A celebration of the Wirral's rich heritage and identity - its special events, achievements, people, industry and landmarks.

A-Z of Rochester - Places-People-History

Explore the Kent town of Rochester in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

Celebrating Derby

A celebration of Derby's rich heritage and identity - its special events, achievements, people, industry and landmarks.

Oxford: A Potted History

An accessible history of Oxford from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day highlighting the city's significant events and people.

Hebridean Island - Memories of Scarp

The island of Scarp lies off the west coast of North Harris in the Outer Hebrides and was populated for more than 400 years until 1971, w...

The Story of Bracknell - Before the New Town

The history of Bracknell from the first inhabitants until 1949, when it was designated a New Town

Troublesome Rising - A Thousand-Year Flood in Eastern Kentucky

Glorious Gloucestershire

A whirlwind journey exploring the Gloucester streets that inspired the characters of Scrooge and Long John Silver, the countryside that g...

The Britannias - And the Islands of Women

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR'A dazzlingly brilliant book' Hannah Dawson'Fascinating, often exhilarating .....

UPROAR! - Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London

London, 1772: a young artist called Thomas Rowlandson is making his way through the grimy backstreets of the capital, on his way to begin...

Metropolitain - An Ode to the Paris Metro

'An eclectic blend of engineering and travelogue, urban planning and anecdote... a sincere love letter' The Economist Metropolitain is as...

The Little History of Oxfordshire

From earliest records to the present day, in one easy-to-read volume

Flixton, Urmston and Davyhulme History Tour

A guided tour through the town of Urmston, including Flixton and Davyhulme, showing how the areas you know and love have changed over the...

Cupar - The History of a Small Scottish Town

Cupar was created a royal burgh in 1328, though its name is Pictish, suggesting that there had been an important settlement there since t...

This Stolen Land - A People's History of the Gwent Levels

Allez les Irlandais: Irishmen in the Tour de France

Allez les Irlandais: Irishmen in the Tour de France

The Little Book of Ballsbridge

A treasure trove of information about Ballsbridge, new in paperback

Elstree Aerodrome - 90 Years in Pictures

The aircraft, events and personalities that have shaped Elstree Aerodrome over 90 years

Once Upon a Time World - The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera

Phenomenal... Utterly absorbing' Sunday Times, 'Book of the Week' '[A] fabulous romp of a book'***** Mail on Sunday A Financial Times 'Bo...

The Transformation of the Palestinian Cause to a National Cause (qa¿¿ya wa¿an¿ya) in 1921

This micro study explores the transformation of the Palestinian question to a "national cause" (qä¿ya wäan¿ya) in 1921 while it was advoc...

Berlin - Life and Loss in the City That Shaped the Century

The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - Berli...

Serious Money - Walking Plutocratic London

'A latter-day Canterbury Tales ... Serious Money has a serious mission' The Times 'Eye-opening ... part guide, part indictment of a yawni...

A History of Britain in Just a Minute

The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hila...

Berlin - A short history

In this book, Christian Adam tells the story of the city on the Spree from its beginnings in the Middle Age to the start of the 21th Cent...

The Early History of the Syriac Liturgy - Growth, Adaptation and Inculturation

The present study is an overview of the general development of the Syriac liturgical traditions until the end of the 13th century. It tra...

A World Beneath the Sands - Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology

A vivid account of the men and women who revealed the treasures of Ancient Egypt to the world, from the first decipherment of hieroglyphi...

The Anarchy - The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HI...

A People's History of the United States - 1492-Present

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A wonderful, splendid book?a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants...

Berlin - Imagine a City

The intimate biography of BERLIN, one of the world's great cities - from medieval times to the twenty-first century.

Amsterdam - A History of the World's Most Liberal City

Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin - and has inf...

Paris at the End of the World - The City of Light During the Great War, 1914-1918

A preeminent writer on Paris, John Baxter brilliantly brings to life one of the most dramatic and fascinating periods in the city's histo...

TASCHEN's London

Still Swinging After All These Years From Dickensian charm to modern cool, London has it all–and this guide will help you find it. With...