Local and family history, nostalgia

Journey into the heartland of rural Ireland, in words and images, from the 1930s to today.

'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 .

'One of the all-time great memoirs' Daily Telegraph'Wonderful.

A powerful work of memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world.

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.

A memoir told through a series of intimate portraits, which build into a poignant, insightful and unforgettable testimony of West Indian British experience.

'Fascinating .

In his customary pose as the grumpiest of grumpy old men, Raymond Briggs contemplates old age and death.

*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.

As Meghan Markle once said: 'With fame comes opportunity, but it also includes responsibility - to advocate and share, to focus less on the glass slipper and more on pushing through glass ceilings.

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.

*Winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize 2022*'This is family history at its best.

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They think it s all over it is now, with this comprehensive guide to football shirts through the years.

Astonishing A marvellous poetic reminder that every place is a universe of magical possibility to the perceptive mind Damian Le Bas, author of The Stopping Places A smuggler and a deserter, Darran Anderson s grandfathers skirted the Second World War on the fringes of legality.

'Rich and moving' New York Times'A book that expands and breaks your heart' Adelle Waldman, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

How do you remember the summers of your childhood?

Stuart Heritage got where he is today by being decent, thoughtful, hardworking and kind.

Few contemporaries captured Britain s indomitable wartime spirit as well or as wittily as the cartoonist Carl Giles.

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From the bestselling author of the forthcoming WHITE DEBT, a major piece of British history 'I was riveted' Nigella Lawson

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Discover a daughter's journey into her father's past in this Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the 2016 Costa Biography Award.

As the voice of darts , the inimitable Sid Waddell helped transform it from an unfashionable pub game to a massively successful international sport.

'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.

Want to know how to garden with lobsters?

Wryly humorous and quintessentially British, Three Men and a Bradshaw collects the previously unpublished holiday journals of John Freeman, who travelled Britain with his brothers during the 1870s.

WINNER OF THE TIMES BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDSIn the 1930s, as the world hurtled towards terrible global conflict, speed was all the rage.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families.

Compelling and moving real-life accounts of the impact on family life of the return of the troops at the end of the Second World War.

Oh my goodness another girl Mrs Swain!

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.

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.

'A work of extraordinary depth; people are going to be unpicking the secrets of Tremaine for years to come' Richard Swan, Sunday Times bestselling authorAll legends are born of truths.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEARSports Report is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed affectionately by millions.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEARSports Report is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed affectionately by millions.

'Excellent.

'Excellent.

'Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page' Hilary Mantel'Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original' Hadley Freeman'Wonderful, funny and wise' Kate SummerscaleSHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES, TLS, SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARAunt Munca never told the truth about anything.