Local and family history, nostalgia

"e;A balanced, well-written account which provides the best overall understanding of these events.

Lancaster, the county town of Lancashire, achieved city status in 1937.

The period immediately following the Second World War was a time, observed Randall Jarrell, when many American writers looked to the art of criticism as the representative act of the intellectual.

Here is an entertaining collection of John Muirs most exciting adventures, representing some of his finest writing.

The history of Macclesfield goes back to a Saxon settlement once held by Edwin, Earl of Mercia.

Don't miss the newest book from The Repair Shop, coming September 2025'Heartwarming, magical and uplifting'In today's throwaway culture, there's a counter movement growing that urges us to 'make do and mend'.

An alternative view of the North West of England that delves into its stranger past.

100 Symbols That Changed The World looks at the genesis and adoption of the world's most recognizable symbols.

Happy Vegan Comfort Food is the exact book that Karoline Jonsson would have wanted when she first became a vegan.

Forty miles out into the Atlantic from the western isles of Scotland lies the archipelago of St Kilda.

Forty miles out into the Atlantic from the western isles of Scotland lies the archipelago of St Kilda.

We all love stories don't we, especially true ones.

This book is about the map of an English county – Hertfordshire – which was published in 1766 by two London mapmakers, Andrew Dury and John Andrews.

When the first edition of this book appeared in 2005 it was quickly recognised as an essential work of reference for family historians researching Ulster ancestors in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

By the late nineteenth century, Belfast had developed into one of the great industrial cities in the Empire.

This is the fourth volume for County Antrim in our Gravestone Inscription Series and our thirty-first overall.

The close ties between the people and the land in Ulster has only within the last two generations, been replaced by a more urban 'modern' lifestyle.

In the eighteenth century, County Armagh was famously referred to as 'a very independent county' given the distinctive nature of politics and electioneering in parliamentary elections.

This book paints an intimate picture of Comber, County Down, home town of Thomas Andrews Junior, Shipbuilder, during the thirty-nine years of his short but hugely influential life(1873 1912).

Belmore: The Lowry-Corry Families of Castle Coole, 1646-1913 tells the fascinating story of two families who left Dumfries in the mid 17th century to settle in Fermanagh and Tyrone.

In this fully revised and updated third edition of The Cornish Overseas (2020), Philip Payton draws upon almost two decades of additional research undertaken by historians the world over since the first paperback version of this book was published in 2005.

In this fully revised and updated third edition of The Cornish Overseas (2020), Philip Payton draws upon almost two decades of additional research undertaken by historians the world over since the first paperback version of this book was published in 2005.

Anglo-Saxon Mercia was a great power in its day, although many aspects of it have been shrouded in myth and mystery.

In 1938, under the direction of novelist and historian Lyle Saxon, The Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration produced this delightfully detailed portrait of New Orleans.

"e;Here is the best-selling history of an American city like no other -- and of the vibrant people who built it.

"e;Tense, abundantly researched, and heartbreaking .

'Deeply moving, wonderfully written A study of grief and remorse.

Now that lighthouse automation has been completed, what of the service and dedication to duty that was unfailingly provided by keepers, their associates and their families?

We've been sending one another postcards for well over a century now - usually brief messages to our friends and family telling them about the weather on our holidays or where we're visiting next on our travels.

Perched on an isolated rock in the Scottish Hebrides, this is a fascinating account of Skerryvore, 'the most graceful lighthouse in the world', and the great Victorian engineer who designed and built it.

Brings Scotland's colourful past to life, snapshots of life, work and play in Edwardian and Victorian ScotlandAn entertaining and valuable historical and social record

A tale of 117 years of devotion to duty, peacefulness and calm, disrupted forever by a day of inexplicable violence, a community's battle to have a lighthouse built.

'A perfect love story' - Katie FfordeHow can the mysterious disappearance of Anne Flint and the drowning of a young girl in a chalk stream in 1816 possibly affect the life of schoolteacher Harry Flint some two centuries later?

'Took me to the sun-kissed beaches and wildness of Cornwall.

The 125 years since the Diocese of Wakefield was formed have seen immense changes both within the Church and society.

From its misty beginnings as part of the mainland in the Stone Age, this history covers Lindisfarne's formation as an island, the Roman and Anglo-Saxon eras, the influence of Columba and Iona, Lindisfarne's own apostle, Bede and the monastic tradition, the coming of the Vikings, the Benedictine years and the dissolution of the monasteries.

'Brick walls' occur everywhere and all the time in genealogy research.

Lane shows how globalisation has transformed the Mafia into more than simply a local phenomenon.

Dublin has many histories: for a thousand years a modest urban settlement on the quiet waters of the Irish Sea, for the last four hundred it has experienced great - and often astonishing - change.

In his last book, The Real Gorbals Story, Colin MacFarlane detailed how he witnessed a once great area, home to wonderful characters and grand old buildings, disappear before his eyes.

When Sybil and Blanche Le Fleur were growing up in idyllic Burma in the 1920s and '30s, little did they realise the changes and challenges that they would face during their lives.

The Abode of Love is Kate Barlow's remarkable account of growing up within the remnants of a religious cult.

A delightful and often humerous account of life with the Triumph motorcycle company in its heyday.

Your Irish Ancestors provides an entertaining insight into everyday life in Ireland during the past four centuries.

Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's farming heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs.

Working with prestigious archives of contemporary photographs, the authors chart the history of Britain's fishing heritage with 120 rarely seen photographs.

Whether you are interested in the career of an individual service woman or just want to know more about the part played by service women in a particular war or campaign, this is the book for you.

The portable guide to potable purveyors.

As the globe warms, everything runs out and people become the willing slaves of small electronic machines, we have our response: the Golden Age of Sheds.