Local history

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Gem State.

How did New York become the amazing state that it is today, you may wonder?

Not just the purview of Mark Twain and his characters, the Mighty Mississippi offers a fascinating look at America.

From its beginning as a small but sought-after European outpost, New Jersey has played a key role in the establishment and growth of the New World.

Is it possible that the woman who raised Abraham Lincoln was actually his half-sister, and that the man he knew as his grandfather had conducted a scandalous affair with a servant girl?

How did New York become the amazing state that it is today, you may wonder?

Thirty-six episodes from the Windy City's history, including legendary events such as the great fire and the St.

Is it possible that the woman who raised Abraham Lincoln was actually his half-sister, and that the man he knew as his grandfather had conducted a scandalous affair with a servant girl?

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter is the absorbing, painstakingly researched story of Ida Lewis and the fearless rescues she made at Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island.

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter is the absorbing, painstakingly researched story of Ida Lewis and the fearless rescues she made at Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island.

Philadelphia is known for many things: brotherly love, Revolutionary history, passionate sports fans, cheesesteaks, and Rocky are merely a few of them.

At the 400th anniversary of the pilgrims' arrival (1620-2020), it's time to look back, commemorate, and reflect on what New England has meant to its people, and to the world.

How did Virginia become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder?

At the 400th anniversary of the pilgrims' arrival (1620-2020), it's time to look back, commemorate, and reflect on what New England has meant to its people, and to the world.

How did Virginia become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder?

Philadelphia is known for many things: brotherly love, Revolutionary history, passionate sports fans, cheesesteaks, and Rocky are merely a few of them.

From its beginning as a small but sought-after European outpost, New Jersey has played a key role in the establishment and growth of the New World.

Not just the purview of Mark Twain and his characters, the Mighty Mississippi offers a fascinating look at America.

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Gem State.

In the 1890s, the people of north-west Scotland grew tired of Government Commissions sent to consider a railway to Ullapool.

In 1730, Edmund Burt was sent to Scotland to work as a contractor for the government.

Challenging the conventional interpretation of Mary of Guise as the defender of Catholicism whose regime climaxed with the Reformation Rebellion, Pamela Ritchie shows that Mary was, on the contrary, a shrewd and effective politique, whose own dynastic interests and those of her daughter took precedence over her personal and religious convictions.

From President Cleveland's alleged love child to the UFO highway, Idaho Myths and Legends of makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the Gem State's most fascinating and compelling stories.

From President Cleveland's alleged love child to the UFO highway, Idaho Myths and Legends of makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the Gem State's most fascinating and compelling stories.

The Outer Hebrides lie 40 miles to the west of mainland Scotland, forming a barrier to the North Atlantic.

For many people, Tyninghame on the beautiful East Lothian coast means beaches, sea birds and salt marshes.

True Tales from the Great Lakes State's Pastfrom the pageant of the Sault to a World Series that healed woundsMichigan is one-of-a-kind.

From humble beginnings at Fairlie, Ayrshire, in the early years of the nineteenth century, William Fife and Son grew to become one of Britain's premier yacht-building yards, attracting commissions from as far afield as America, Canada and America.

True Tales from the Great Lakes State's Pastfrom the pageant of the Sault to a World Series that healed woundsMichigan is one-of-a-kind.

«Vigo, abella da ribeira» reúne oitenta crónicas da memoria de Vigo como cidade amada.

Tales of hauntings, strange happenings and other local lore throughout the Yellowstone National Park!

The tiny diamond-shaped island of Pabay lies in Skye's Inner Sound, just two and a half miles from the bustling village of Broadford.

In May 1933 Margaret Leigh took over the tenancy of Achnabo farm, in a beautiful corner of the West Highlands overlooking the isle of Skye.

Anyone who has lived near New Haven, Connecticut, in the past 40-plus years has surely heard of Toad's Place.

Anyone who has lived near New Haven, Connecticut, in the past 40-plus years has surely heard of Toad's Place.

Tales of hauntings, strange happenings and other local lore throughout the Yellowstone National Park!

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states.

In this book William Mackenzie records a world of local legend, folklore and superstition, and charts the changes he saw in his lifetime in agriculture, education, the Church and, of course, emigration.

In 'Hebridean Sharker' Tex Geddes describes his exploits during the 1950s as a hunter of basking sharks in the waters of the Minch, between the Inner and Outer Hebrides.

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states.

The Haldanes have been in Scotland for over 800 years, and their story illustrates many of the defining themes of Scotland's history.

Brick Lane today is a place of extremes a street that's constantly reinventing itself.

Haunted Lambeth is a collection of real-life stories of apparitions and poltergeists from all across the London Borough of Lambeth.

This collection brings together thirteen criminal cases from County Durham's past that shocked not only the county but also made headline news across the country.

Amid the bustling streets of Spitalfields, East London, there is a piece of real estate with a bloody history.

Borley Rectory in Essex, built in 1862, should have been an ordinary Victorian clergyman's house.

Compiled by paranormal investigator Della Farrant, this new book contains a chilling range of spooky tales from around Highgate.

A Grim Almanac of South Yorkshire is a collection of stories from the county's past, some bizarre, some fascinating, some macabre, but all equally absorbing.

Wales is a Celtic country and the Celts have always treasured oral learning and recitation, with a passion for committing facts to memory rather than the written word.

In 1664, when the English conquered New Amsterdam, the present State of New Jersey had been for some years a part of New Netherland.