Local and family history, nostalgia

On May 12, 1960, as John F.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Lewis-Stempel is one of our finest nature writers .

Shortlisted for the James Tait Black biography prize 2019'A moving memoir.

'After the success of their ingenious idea of matching pictures from Ladybird's archive with prose that mocks the mores of modern life, they are bowing out with a bang with this compendium' - Sunday TelegraphFrom the people who gave you classics such as The Ladybird Book of The Hangover and The Ladybird Book of The Mid-Life Crisis, they bring you this collection of what could have been.

The revised and updated edition of Texas Then and Now features the most prominent locations from around the state, pairing vintage photographs with modern shots of the same sites today.

Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, Christopher Bland Prize and The People's Book PrizeA Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction BookThe captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement.

From prehistoric Scotland to the Brexit referendum, this little book covers all of the main events in Scottish history.

The warm, funny memoir of Gregor Fisher, the much loved Scottish actor best known for Rab C.

A novella from Caroline Smailes featuring characters from her critically acclaimed debut, In Search of Adam.

Eight generations of the greatest and worst kings and queens that this country has ever seen - from the White Ship to the Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and John of Gaunt - this is the dynasty that invented England as we still know it today - great history to appeal to readers of Ken Follet, Bernard Cornwell, Tom HollandEngland's greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings.

When a 10-year-old boy befriends a carnival stuntman and his lion cub, he learns the true meaning of family, loyalty, love, and survival.

TEXT ONLY EBThe Sunday Times BestsellerA glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain's many and magnificent railway journeys.

A remarkable, multifaceted story made up of journal accounts, memories, conversations and personal experience, The Bronski House is a paean to Poland, a landmark in travel writing, and a family history - tied together by the unique experience of returning from exile.

A cracking collection of short stories from the author of the stupendous 'Swimmer'.

Following on from the success of 'The Speckled People', Hugo Hamilton's new memoir recounts the summer he spent working at a local harbour in Ireland, at a time of tremendous fear and mistrust.

The new, fully-updated edition of Collins Tracing Your Family History is the definitive handbook for anyone interested in tracing their family's past.

A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinating new detail.

A captivating memoir of one woman's relationship with a man and his mansion.

Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin's holiday camps.

On the way to a show in Skipton, in North Yorkshire, I noticed a road sign to a town called Keighley.

Adam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families - from the 15th century to the present day.

What are the 50 key events you need to understand to grasp British history?

The sequel to the bestselling Silvertown, which tells the story of Aunt Daisy, and all the other Aunt Daisys - the locals of the old East End.

From rebels to writers, athletes to astronauts, join Kate Fox takes on an entertaining and eye-opening journey through the lives of these extraordinary women whose lives and achievements have too long been hidden.

The essential guide to exploring Britain's last remaining historic lines, Britain's Heritage Railways is ideal for anyone planning or looking for a nostalgic railway trip.

The award-winning cookbook from Michelin-starred chef, Marcus Wareing.

The untold story of a British institution'Brilliant.

In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain Asher pays tribute to her mother's strength and determination to raise four successful children in the shadow of tragedy.

A beautifully illustrated collection of some of the most amazing venues to host baseball games, from megastructures to local-ballparks-with-a-story.

'Entertaining and absorbing' - The Sunday Times A wonderfully written and entertaining book which places Britain under the microscope and asks who we are today and how we've changed as a nation.

In The Endless Tide, Iain R.

A gripping, vividly told journey into a family's wartime past, from the bestselling author of The Ruin of All Witches Endearingly personal, honest and reflective invites you to rethink where memory ends and history begins Dominic Sandbrook, The Times, Books of the Year 'As I finished his book, I began to see my own family s past through his glass mountain' Ian Ellison, Literary Review Malcolm Gaskill knew two things about his great-uncle Ralph s wartime adventures: he d been a prisoner in Italy, and he d cut his way out of a train with a knife and fork.

Eine Geschichte Berlins aus ungewöhnlicher Perspektive: Die Lebenswege einer ganz normalen Familie sind über sechs Generationen hinweg untrennbar mit der großen Geschichte verwoben.

Bilbao y su ría experimentaron un notable crecimiento desde mediados del siglo XIX, intensificado a principios del XX, siguiendo una tradición comercial de siglos anteriores.

Es handelt sich um eine Gedichtsammlung mit 69 Gedichten, ein zusammengefasstes Kunstwerk lyrischer Poesie in denen eine große Bandbreite der unterschiedlichsten Themengebiete behandelt werden.

This is an extraordinary collection of tales from one of the very greatest Gaelic storytellers, Angus MacLellan, and translated by one of Scotland's finest Celtic Scholars, John Lorne Campbell.

A new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit.

Dumfries and Galloway is one of the least-known regions of Scotland.

During the century and a half of their power the Black Douglases earned fame as Scotland's champions in the front line of war against England.

Few Scottish historians are better known than T.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure chest of writers and poets, all seeking to capture the diverse experiences of Yooper Life.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure chest of writers and poets, all seeking to capture the diverse experiences of Yooper Life.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler's days to the far-flung future.

All they wanted was land: land for crofting and land on which to build a house.

There is a story in the name of almost every street and district in Glasgow, with some tracing their origins to pagan times, long before Glasgow could even be called a city.

In this informative and beautifully illustrated book, Carol Foreman traces Glasgow's history through buildings which have been demolished, but which once played a central part in the life of the city.

Lost Dundee brings the second city of renaissance Scotland back to life showing, through previously undiscovered photographs and drawings, the life and the maritime quarter of this great port.

The hidden histories of empire, told through the haunted afterlives of colonial migrationsIndian migrants provided the labor that enabled the British Empire to gain control over a quarter of the world's population and territory.

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