Local history

Cameron Strang takes American scientific thought and discoveries away from the learned societies, museums, and teaching halls of the Northeast and puts the production of knowledge about the natural world in the context of competing empires and an expanding republic in the Gulf South.

Newcastle was a key cog in the national war effort despite its northerly location, located on the key East Coast it played a significant military and civil role in the war.

Newcastle was a key cog in the national war effort despite its northerly location, located on the key East Coast it played a significant military and civil role in the war.

In 1939, South-East Northumberland shared a proud tradition of military service with it’s wider region and this was reflected in the huge numbers of men and women from the area who came forward for service in the military or in roles such as the Home Guard, ARP services or nursing.

In 1939, South-East Northumberland shared a proud tradition of military service with it’s wider region and this was reflected in the huge numbers of men and women from the area who came forward for service in the military or in roles such as the Home Guard, ARP services or nursing.

In 1914, when the call came for Kitchener's new army to be recruited, Leeds was at the heart of the West Riding conurbation, where many men joined the Pals' Battalions.

In 1914, when the call came for Kitchener's new army to be recruited, Leeds was at the heart of the West Riding conurbation, where many men joined the Pals' Battalions.

The First World War was only a matter of days old when Barking placed itself firmly on the map, after Driver Job Henry Charles Drain of the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was awarded the Victoria Cross.

The First World War was only a matter of days old when Barking placed itself firmly on the map, after Driver Job Henry Charles Drain of the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Before the Great War began, Ireland had already begun to take up arms.

Before the Great War began, Ireland had already begun to take up arms.

A collection of memories of a bygone age of the railway system that operated around the Barnsley area and beyond.

A collection of memories of a bygone age of the railway system that operated around the Barnsley area and beyond.

"e;Threshold to Valley Forge adds an important, untold chapter to Pennsylvania's Revolutionary War history.

'If you're interested in Dublin, or if you're interested in the novelist John Banville, or if you're interested in radiantly superb sentences about whatever - I'm all three - then Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir is a book you'll not be able to put down' The Guardian'A trove of arresting imagery, from the lushly poetic to the luridly absurd .

Join Lady Carnarvon as she opens the gates to Highclere Castle, the 'real Downton Abbey', and discover how the iconic British landmark celebrates and changes each season.

*As read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week*'A genius for a certain kind of social history that, in shining a light on one small place, illuminates a huge amount' Sunday TelegraphA toy train.

We all love to be beside the seaside!

"e;Everyone should have two copies - one for the car and one for the house to plan journeys.

'The perfect guide to the hidden history of London's streets.

How do you remember the summers of your childhood?

'Johnson writes with his usual warmth, wit and modesty' Sunday TimesWinner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016This is politics as you've never seen it before.

This antiquarian volume contains a comprehensive guide to the native American language, Tsimshian.

While French sea captain Auguste Duhaut-Cilly may not have become wealthy from his around-the-world travels between 1826 and 1829, his trip has enriched historians interested in early nineteenth-century California.

The Channel Islands, self-governing British Crown dependencies lying o the coast of Normandy in France, have a fascinating military heritage.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

First published in 1873, "e;Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land"e; is a fantastic example of classic Western fiction written for children.

First published in 1869, "e;The Wild Man of the West: A Tale of the Rocky Mountains"e; is a Western fiction novel aimed at children by Scottish author R.

This is American author Zane Grey's 1906 historical novel, "e;Spirit of the Border"e;.

"e;Riders of the Purple Sage"e; is a Western novel by American author Zane Grey, first published in 1915.

When all her islands are taken into consideration, the British coastline spans almost 8,000 miles, which is longer than both Brazil's and Mexico's.

When all her islands are taken into consideration, the British coastline spans almost 8,000 miles, which is longer than both Brazil's and Mexico's.

Canals of Britain is a comprehensive and absorbing survey of the entire canal network of the British Isles - the first of its kind.

Canals of Britain is a comprehensive and absorbing survey of the entire canal network of the British Isles - the first of its kind.

A captivating glimpse of Britain then and now, seen from behind the steering wheel.

A captivating glimpse of Britain then and now, seen from behind the steering wheel.

From Leigh to Lynn the Thames to the Wash the coastlines of East Anglia are the most diverse in Great Britain.

From Leigh to Lynn the Thames to the Wash the coastlines of East Anglia are the most diverse in Great Britain.

Britain's rivers deserve to be better known.

Britain's rivers deserve to be better known.

Dramatic, highly readable, and painstakingly researched, The Great Desert Escape brings to light a little-known escape by 25 determined German sailors from an American prisoner-of-war camp.

For hundreds of years, the Scottish soldier has been recording his experiences.

In Yorkshire: There and Back, Andrew Martin celebrates Britain's most charismatic county, looking back at the Yorkshire of his 1970s childhood and as it is today.

Do you want to know more about the history of your house, find out about the lives of former inhabitants, and discover more about the local community in which your house stands?

From an obscure, misty archipelago on the fringes of the Roman world to history's largest empire and originator of the world's mongrel, magpie language - this is Britain's past.

From the world's oldest indoor loo to a theatre where spectators fill their pockets with poo, the definitive guide to the stranger side of Scotland shows there's a lot more to the place than tartan, haggis and tossing the caber.

Join Hunter Davies on a celebratory stroll around London's greatest glories its parks.

This provocative history of the largest annual Chinese celebration in the United States-the Chinese New Year parade and beauty pageant in San Francisco-opens a new window onto the evolution of one Chinese American community over the second half of the twentieth century.